THE SOUTH SEA

Hokitika Guardian, 20 July 1932, Page 8

THE SOUTH SEA

TRAWLER FOR NEW ZEALAND. LONDON, July 10. Glistening under a new coat of paint, the trawler South Sea. lies.’ ip.. Victoria Dock, Hull, awaiting orders for her departure to .New. Zealand.. ; v According to the Hull “Daily;Mail,’’ she is the latest addition to the ,'New Zealand fishing fleet, and she will be, the. largest .trawler operating from either New. Zepjand or Australian ports. Lev:, if anyf, Hull‘fishermen know, .thi? particular 1 .trawler,, as ,'South Sea, bu. they 'all know her by her old name, The Ferriby. ’ • ;' . - -4; ' ,It vyas recently purchased by Captain D. J. Fowell, on behalf of the, .youth Sea Fishing Company. '.He wUh take the boat with, him to New via' Panama. Mr W. Morris (chief engineer) stated that on her, outward, voyage '.she. will lie manned by a Hull crew, comprised both of ~ the, men a-ujejous. to return Home again and by local men who are keen to go abroad,

“The 'South-: Seay’ he said, “will be ■the largest trawi'er fishing m southern, waters, including Australian. She, will operate in South Pacific sens cod fish, ing. This is ap entirely new project, for there is no deep sea fishing from 1 .Yew Zealand at the-present time. )We j carry a crew of about" fourteen. • Our > boat is about 35Q to,ns gross, 140f.t long., i with a 24ft beam. She has been cbm- j. .pletely overhauled during the last fen .