Biggest in New Zealand

The biggest trawler to be built in New Zealand since the Second World War arrived in Gisborne to join J. Wattie Canneries' fishing fleet recently. The trawler is number seven in the Wattie fleet and is designed for either purse seining or stern trawling. It has all the modern navigational and fish finding aids.

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The Marine Countess arriving in Gisborne.

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The control switchboard.

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The view from the bridge.

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The skipper, Mr S. Madsen, at the sonar fish finding equipment.

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The latest in radio-telephone equipment makes for easy communication.