RED FUNNEL FLEET
ANOTHER NEW STEAMER. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. Advice has been received that the Union Steamship Company has just let a contract for a new cargo steamer. The vessel will be built by Osborne, Graham and Co., of Sunderland, and her dimensions ' will be: /Length, 298 ft; breadth, 45ft. The dead weight will be about 3750 tons. She is to be delivered in the Dominion at the end of April, and will be specially fitted for the New Zealand and Australian cargo trade. This vessel will bring the strength of the company's fleet up to 69, exclusive of tugs, launches and tenders. It is understood that the. building programme is not yet completed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 61, 2 September 1911, Page 5
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117RED FUNNEL FLEET Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 61, 2 September 1911, Page 5
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