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knots, signal letters ghdp, bhp oil engines by wm. doxford & sons (engineering) ltd. of sunderland. built for bank line limited, of glasgow. the vessel was fitted (i believe not initially) with six deep tanks for the carriage of palm oil & coconut oil from the pacific islands & known thereafter as a 'copra
boat'. the vessel visited auckland, new zealand, twice, on aug. , & oct. , . i read that the vessel was regularly engaged on the u.s. gulf to australia service outwards & the south pacific service homewards. on aug. , , the vessel, carrying copra (the dried 'meat' or 'kernel' of the coconut) & vegetable...
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