N.Z. TRADER SOLD

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 152, 15 July 1937, Page 9

N.Z. TRADER SOLD

War-Time ^Standard" Ship KUMARA CHANGES HANDS The sale is announced in a London shdpping journal of the Shawj Savill and Albion Company's steamer Kumara, well-known in the New Zealand trade. The new owners of the ship are not stated. The Kumara left Wellington on April 18 last with a full eargo, including a large shipment of apples, parts of which were discharged at Montevideo, Santos and Rio de Janeiro. The vessel arrived at Dunkirk on June 3. Built at Belfast by Harland and Wolff Ltd., the Kumara was oue of the numerous "standard" ships constructed during the war. A twin-screw steamer of 7926 tons gross register, she was launched in 1919 as the Bardic and for some years sailed nuder the flag of the White Star Line, mainly in the Australian trade. About 10 years ago when homeward bound with a full cargo of wool and frozen meat, the Bardic ran ashore on a reef at the Lizard, but was ultimately refloated with great difficulty. She was then transferred to the Aberdeen Line and renamed Horatius, under which name she made several voyages to AustraJia and New Zealand. Finally she was acquired by the Shaw, Savill and Albion Co., Ltd., and renamed Kumara. She completed her fifth voyage under that viame last month. ^** Similar ships to the Kumara were the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's Otira, 7995 tons, which was sold to Italian owners some months ago, and the formeir White Star Line ships Delphic, 7958 tons, and . Gallic, 7914 tons, aJl of which were built at Belfast in . 1918-19. The Gallic was launched as the War Argus and the Delphic as the War Icarus and the former made a number of voyages to New Zealand under the flag of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company. Both ships were bought a year or two ago by the Clan Line, the Gallic being renamed Clan Colquhoun and the Delphic dan Farquhar. One of the few survivors of the wartime "stadard'' ships is the. BritishIndia S.N. Company's steamer Nardana, which was at Wellington a week or so ago in the course of a voyage from New York. Others are the Nerbudda and Nowshera, also under the British India Company's flag.