The Oranje. a new 20.000-ton motor vessel of the Nederland Company, reached a speed of 261 knots in her trials in the North Sea, proving herself the fastest ship in the Netherlands mercantile marine. The average cruising speed of the ship, which is intended for the regular Netherlands Indies service, will be 21 knots.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 August 1939, Page 7
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54Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 August 1939, Page 7
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