THE RECORD TOW.
(T.i the CJitor.) Sir,-Permit mc -pace in your paper io draw attention to a par culled from :in English publication to the effect that the greatest! tow was achieved by the liner Iliianohiieo. in towing the British Peer, 15110 miles, to a port in England after having lost her propellor in midAtlantv. 1 would like to refer back 10 the case of the 3.R. Waikato. This vessel broke down oil Capetown and drifted 4000 mile? before she was picked up by Iho "A-iloun." During fearful weather the steamers three times broke iiffay from each other, and on one oecasionpartod company for over 4S hours. The distance to Krrmantle was about 2500 miles, and this, 1 believe, is the ]invest tow iin record.—l am, etc., F. B. GRAPES.
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 61, 12 March 1921, Page 14
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