S.S. WAITEMATA SUNK.
ALL HANDS SAVED. The Naval Advisor reports that the Union Steam Ship Company’s steamer Waitemala has been sunk in European waters. Fortunately, there was no loss of life. All bauds were safely landed. The Waitemata was a steel screw steamer of 5,432 tons gross, and was built in 1908 by W. Hamilton and Co., of Glasgow, for the Union Steam Ship Company. Her principal dimensions w-cre: —Length 415 feet, breadth, 54 feet; and depth, 17.0 feet. The Waitemata made her first appearance at Wellington on 14th August, 1908. She was very similar in construction to the Wairuna and the Waihora, but differed in one respect. She had a greater number of hatches, which naturally gave her u large cargo carrying capacity. She was fitted with all the latest appliances, and was able to make 11 knots per hour, with only a moderate consumption of coal.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1857, 25 July 1918, Page 3
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148S.S. WAITEMATA SUNK. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1857, 25 July 1918, Page 3
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