THE NIMROD.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9021, 7 December 1907, Page 2

THE NIMROD.

The Christehurch correspondent of the Dominion writes :—" The Antarctic expedition ship Nimrod is now in dock at Lyttelton undergoing a process of scraping and cleaning, of which she was much in need. She is one of the smallest vessels that have been docked at Lyttelton for some time, and does not occupy much more than a third of the "length of the dock. Mr Miller, shipwright, of Lyttelton, who has charts of the docking, says that, her hull is in a remarkable condition, considering the great age of the ship. She was constructed of the very best timber by a iirm of great experience in the building of •whalers and sealers, and she is practically as good- to-day as ever she was. The heavy sheathing of ironbark and greenheart on the hull bears, marked signs of strenuous experiences. The timbers are scratched and scarred in numerous places, and some are grooved and worn by the pressure of the ice. The stem of the vessel has a heavy iron plate right down to the keel, and the bows are sheathed with stout iron plates for several feet above, and below the water line. The hull is a splendid model. Her bow is very similar to that of the Discovery, but otherwise alio resembles the Terra Nova, although her lines arc far better. Tho Nimrod's hull is very fine aft, much more so than one would expect in a vessel of her class.