Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wednesday 6 July 1927, page 16


NEW MOTOR SHIP.

FOR COASTAL TRADE.

The North Coast Steam Navigation Com-pany's new motor ship Nimbin, on the slips at the yards of the builders, Burmeister and Wain Copenhagen.

The Nimbin will be the first motor ship to be employed on the New South Wales coast, and will run between Sydney and the northern rivers. She is of 1200 tons gross, and is 315 feet in length, with a beam of 35 feet, and a depth of 13 feet. The Nimbin is now loading a cargo of timber for Sydney at a Swedish port, and is expected here about the end of

August.