MAIDEN VOYAGE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 48, 19 November 1937, Page 7

MAIDEN VOYAGE

Lifief ShStHffiSri Artfvds on Monday ATTRACT1VE FURNISHINGS Efficiehcjr ahd comfort arfe combihed in the fedn^tfiictidn bf thfe 24^000-ton liiifer Strafhihbffe, dtvfled by tfie Behihshlaf ahd drieiital Stfeam Navigation Compahy; which is Hue at Auckland oh Mohday aftfer h'er fnaidfen voyage tq Aiistralia and Nfew Zealand. Intehded , fiJr tiie ebmfiAhy's ikpfbss sfefviee betwfefeh tli& ijhitfed Eiflgdbih Ailti BdihbaJ; tl|6 Slf AthhidfS is ihe iafge And fastest i'fessfet fo Be piit oi. ihe rlgiilaf fiin via Sufes ib fli§ Ehlt ahd Atiltraiia. Tfie vesael wds laiinefifed in April, 3035,, By Hfer Mhjjesty ^tifefeh Bli^abeth, tfifeh tfie Dti6iife|s bf Ybrk, And was btiilt uhdfer tfie lklfest rules and fegulatiofis pfiifefibed By Bloyds Ahd tfie Be&rd oi Tf4de,ih; drdfer to dbtAin tfie Bigiifest feiAsS eAr iifi.ckt§§ Ahd to cofif orm tb tfie riiies iAid ddivh lindfef tfie Intefh&tidhfii eoiihfehtidn; Biie ii df "SigSilied dxterhal appearahfefe; Mtfi grAcfeftil lifife, stfAigilt, stein And cruisfer sifern. And fias dhfe fdnnel cf imgdsifig Abpeaf3.nfeb. Thfe dfe§ighing ha§ bfefeh eaffeflil fb assliro tfife ihaxiDiiun cdSifdH Ahd coiivfehiehde tb paSsbfigferS, Witil spfeciai prfeeaillions regafdirig sailiiig in tfdpifeal wateis. The sliip is subdivided into 12 tranSverse watertigfit compartments hp to -tfie level of "F" dcck. Sfie fias a eontinudus double bottom from the collisioh bulkhfead tb tlie after end of tfie sfiaft tunhfels and is divided trAnsversely snd Idngitudinally to provide a large rinmber of tanks for fresfi whter, boiler feed water, watfer ballast and oil fuel. Fufther. tfie veSsel, from tfie for Ward er okA oil-f ilfel buhker td tfie after end df ttie fehglne-rOom; is protectfed by a feomplete double slvin up to tlie water Hhfe, thils providihg a inaximum hiargin of iAffety at s§A; 6wihf td tfife talyirlg climdtic conditions whicfi will be dncoiihtered by tfie vebel durih|5 hcr rua^ an axr-conditiou-

ing plant HA§ bfeen ihstalled fo su^ply the fifst-'eiais dihiiig galodn with ifeSfi air or ffeguiatfe.d tfeihbfefathrd. In ieidition,- the thermo-tank mechAnieal system of veiltilatidh is fittfed ih All public rbomi, aiid ih tfie aecommodStion of botfi passengers and crew., Aceommodation is proyidfed for 445 first-clas^ passengors in 199 sihgle ahd 123 twd-bfertfi Toomij ahd fof 666 tdhriist elass pksfeengfers itt 2§0 feSbihii -All cabinS are attfactivfely furhisfieH; Witfi runnihg fiot ahd cold water ih wasfi basins, and in many of tfie first-class rooms tfifere is a bailiroom attacfied. Special features of tfie vessel are a cfiildTen's dining-room for 36, juhenilfe passengers and a specihliy-fiifhishfei nursery.