NEW ORIENT STEAMER.
On December 21 there was launched from the yard of Messrs John Elder & Co., of G-ovan, a screw steamer named the Austral, and intended for The Australian passenger trade of the Orient Steam Navigation Company. Her dimensions are : —Length over-all, 474 f t; breadth, 48ft; depth, 37ft; displacement, 9,500 tons. Her-engines are of the three cylinder type, capable of developing 6,300 horse power, and she is therefore expected to be very fast. Accommodation is provided on hom'd for 120 saloon, 130 second class, and about. 300 intermediate and steerage passengers. The Austral is built wholly of steel, and will take the highest class at Lloyd’s. She is built upon the double-bottom principle, and is dvided into thirteen water-tight bulkheads, ten of which run up to the height of the main deck. Above the main deck she is divided into seven fireproof divisions by stout steel bulkheads, and ample provision is made for a full supply of water in case of fire. The Austral, as compared with the Orient, is 10ft longer, or 2ft greater beam, and of the same depth. —European Mail.
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Patea Mail, 16 February 1882, Page 3
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185NEW ORIENT STEAMER. Patea Mail, 16 February 1882, Page 3
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