A New Motor Liner
The M.V. ' Dunbar Castle.'—The twin-screw motor passenger and cargo vessel ' Dunbar Castle,' built by Messrs. Harland and Wolff, Ltd., for the Union Castle Mail Steamship Co., Ltd., has just been launched from their Govan shipyard. The vessel, which is primarily intended for the Union Castle intermediate service to South and East Africa, has an approximate gross tonnage of 10,200. The ship is divided into nine watertight compartments, and the double bottom, extending the whole length of the ship, is arranged tocarry water ballast, oil fuel and fresh water. The passenger accommodation is spacious and luxuriously furnished, berths being provided for 200 first-class and 260 third-class passengers. There is also space for 100 open-berth passengers. The first-class, cabins are ventilated on the Punkah Louvre system. The decoration of the public rooms on the ' Dunbar Castle ' is simple and is modelled on the " country-house " style. The first-class dining saloon is panelled and painted a pleasant old ivory, the windows being hung with silk damask curtains and shaped pelmets.
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