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Image Not Available for Magazine clipping relating to MV OPAWA maiden voyage with photogrpah depicting the ship CITY OF KIMBERELY at sea
Magazine clipping relating to MV OPAWA maiden voyage with photogrpah depicting the ship CITY OF KIMBERELY at sea
Image Not Available for Magazine clipping relating to MV OPAWA maiden voyage with photogrpah depicting the ship CITY OF KIMBERELY at sea

Magazine clipping relating to MV OPAWA maiden voyage with photogrpah depicting the ship CITY OF KIMBERELY at sea

Date1930s
Object numberANMS0400[008]
NameNewspaper clipping
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from the Estate of John Watt
DescriptionCaption reads 'Disabled in mid-ocean and towed to Auckland the Ellerman and Bucknall steamer, "City of Kimberley" (6304 Tons), which lost her propeller approximately 1300 miles from Auckland. The vessel was taken in tow by the New Zealand Shipping Company's new motor-ship Opawa, which was en route to Auckland on her maiden voyage.'