abreast' of each other, the slip way ooming up between the two “fiddloys.” The ship is fitted with numerous powerful winches and derricks onpable of dealing with loads up to 40 tons. The Kosmos is fitted with long range radio sets, a radio direction finder and the most up-to-date navigating appliances. THE CHASERS. / Seven whale chasers accompany the Kosmos specially designed for the arduous duty of chasing, killing and towing the whales. They were all built this year jat Middlesborough and are fitted with the most up-to-date appliances. Each vessel is of 250 tons gross register, 116 feet in length, 24.2 feet wide and 12.7 feet deep, and. is fitted with a set of triple expansion engines taking steam from .oil-fired boilers. The little vessels have cruiser sterns and arc fitted with wireless, electric light and tne latest type of harpoon gun mounted on the bow.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1929, Page 3
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