SHIP LAUNCHES.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 3, 7 June 1864, Page 2

SHIP LAUNCHES.

Oil the 24th Febipary them launched from the }"«rd of the Arhroath Shipbuilding Company, at, Ai-broath, a.haidsqme .medium clipper barque, named the Randolph, measuring 343 tons"~N.N.M., and 388 ,Q.M., .and clawed A 1 at, Lloyd|s for ten years. She' ia Ithe .property' of Captain James Wannel, and is to be employed in the Australian trade. ........ , y \ On the 9th March, there was launched from tho building-yard of Messrs. Walter- Hood& Co., at Aberdeen, a very fme ship of 1,200 tons N.N.M., named Nineveh. ' The vessel is one of Messrs^ a. Thompson!* jphior &' Co.'s Australian line ot packets, and is, commanded by Captain Donalil, formerly of the falter Hood. ■ 7 . On March 10 was launched from the iron shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Fear se. and Loekwood, Stockton-oii-Teea, the iron barque Hartneld. Her dimensions arc — Length between perpendiculars, 163 feet; extreme breadth, 28 feet 4 inches ; depth of hold, 18 feet 6 inches. She is ; built ■ for Messrs. T. W. Wilson and Chambers, of Liverpool, 'and is ; intended for the White Star Line. Her 'first voyage will be to New Zealand. Her register is 623 "tons' 0.M., and is classed 20 years with the Liverpool underwriters. On' March 12, at 3 p.m., there was launched from the building-pard of Messrs. A. and J. Inglis, on the Mersey, a first-class paddle steamer for°the Queensland Steam Navigation Company. Her dimensions are as follows— Length of keel and ibrerake, 215 feet; beam (moulded), 25 feet 6 inches ; depth, 12 feet. As ehe left the ways she was named the Lady Young by Miss Inglis. Last week a very -handsome schooner, named the Maori, was launched from tho building-yard of Mr. James Strachan, shipbuilder, Montro.se. The Maori is owned by Mr. {Sutherland, Bridgestreet, and is intended for the Australian coasting trade, but for the first voyage or two will be engaged in the Baltic trade. She is 122 tons register.