These pictures show Amokura's interior shortly after her launch. It is no coincidence that the picture on the saloon wall is of a red-tailed tropicbird - also known by its Maori name Amokura...
1939: Pictures of original interior
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In build at Moody’s
1938: Building Amokura
Pictures of Amokura's oak frames, pitch pine planking and teak deck being built at Moody's yard in Swanwick, Hampshire, UK
1938: Laying down Amokura’s keel
The following pictures show Amokura's keel being cast at Moody's yard. The gentleman standing at the far end supervising is believed to be Moody's foreman Eddy Bundy.