Record Identifier20A-5Date RangeUnknownDescriptionBlack and white print showing launch of the Awatea. Bow of ship seen between two tug boats. Rear: Launch of the TSS "Awatea" at the Barrow [Barrow-in-Furness] yard of Messrs Vicker-Armstrong's Ltd, by Lady Bledisloe, wife of the ex-Governor of New Zealand. The "Awatea" is a twin-screw turbine vessel of about 16,000 tons, and will have a speed of 22 1/4 knots. The boat has been built for the Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand for servive between Australia and New Zealand. 520487 - the tugs take command of the "Awatea" after the launch. S&G 25.2.36. NB. MediumPhotograph - print
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