A New Trawler

Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1922, Page 4

A New Trawler

.milks- voyage. ... LOXDOX. June 2. Mitch | interest was t-xctcd at ('iiM)sliy at the departure on Mav •>;i n | y W ! ; U,i1 .!!, 1 Futurist for .\Y„ t ‘"'l-' V.-SS,.I. practienllv ~ • " lti ‘ :l " r,lss tonnage of 211 tons. . a Mot registered tonnage ~f q,, t „ ns s .v K anlo,l as one of the most up-to-Me and host fated trawlers that has fl thl ‘ Hnmher. ami. judging j )v | IOI . 7’ ■ slniu 't appear;! nee ns she ,no V e<! •"It ol the docks, she should Ik- a great improvement on any similar ship that i,: !* M ‘"t out to Domini,,,, waters. Ihe owner of the Futurist is Mr K. j ; ■' (Xapier). who is now on Us W|, . v ''nek to \ew Zealand, with 11 . ,s I'"rents, it! the Orvieto. The was made from Sir A, Hindi, and he name changed loin Papcnhitrg to l;v. fc ,"r |s t- S, '° ,lils 'w-en classed “KM) •V "t l.lovd’s, and H knots were registered on her trial trip. She is lilted with super-heated steam, which makes the coal consumption very |jgld. Alter Mr AI ward purchased the vessel he placed her in the hands of the Hum her Craving Dock and Kitgineor- "!■' Company tit- Intminghnm, t,7 re-fit her completely t„ the Xew Zealand rertmrements. and for the lone journey ol .];L(!!III miles across the ocean Kver.vt lime possible has been fitted to ensure the comfort of the crew on the' voyage out. She is in charge of Captain .1. \\ . U liiehmoud (drimshv). 'vith .Mr l)tif|V (drimshv). as chief '""te. Mr d. (-. Alward, brother of the owner, is chief engineer, whilst Air J. Charlton and Air |». C'harlton (drimshv) are second and third engines'’ respectively. The total crew n>nsists of fourteen hands. The vessel has been provided with a. powerful “wireless’’ installation, which had been in use oh one oi fI.IM. destroyers during the war period. A large refrigerating phi.nt litis been lifted on hoard h.v the Liventool Kefrigerating Co., for use in New Zealand when she eomim nees fishing operations, as the fish when caught mo kept good, and are cooled by refrigerating instead of using ice. Air Alward stated that he adopted this method smite years ago, with a new vessel they had built in drimshy, and from long experience he considered it j it vast improvement ttnd cheaper than the use of ice. The cost of ice in Xew Zealand is £.‘l per ton. ' The voyage out to Xew Zealand, via dibraltar, Port Said, Perini, Colombo, Freemnntle, and Wellington, is estimated to take OS steaming days, and . the quantity of coal required is esti- • mated at 100 tons. When the Futurist arrives in Xew Zealand she will ho commamlered in her fishing operations by Skipper Charles Ormes, of the Nora. 1 Niven, the trawler which was sent out , front Orimshy fourteen years ago for the same owner. ■ | No doubt, the arrival of this ship in Xew Zealand waters will occasion as much interest ns did her departure from Grimsby. Dock.