Ship's History in Paint. Paint on the blocks attached to the lifeboat davits on a ship now in Auckland record to some extent the vessel's history and indicate her age. The blocks were sent ashore here to be overhauled. Eight coats of white paint were disclosed on a cross-section of the blocks, and then followed a coat of grey, which was applied when the vessel was a troopship in the Great War. Following the strip of grey 42 layers of white paint, representing two coats a year for 21 years, were found. The final and present coat of paint is grey.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 December 1939, Page 4
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