INSPECTED IN DOCK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 149, 25 June 1936, Page 27

INSPECTED IN DOCK.

THE DAMAGED WAHINE.

, EENEWAL OF BOILERS. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. The - extent of the damage suffered by the inter-island steamer Wahine when she collided with the Pipitea wharf on June 15, was revealed when she docked to-day to be not mucli greater than was apparent at the time, after she was got clear of the wharf. The stem was forced back underneath the waterline for four or five feet. The bow rudder escaped injury, but was jammed in the fore-and-aft position. Plates on the starboard side just aft of the bow rudder were bent slightly back at the edge. If it is found necessary to import steelwork from England, as was the case with the Rangatira, it will be •several months before the vessel can be recommissioned. The ship will be refloated to-morrow and will be docked again when a contract for the repairs has been let. A considerably bigger task than the repairs to the ship : s bow will be undertaken while the Wahine is laid up during the "Winter months. This involves the virtual reboilering of the ship. At present she has eight water-tube boilers, and it is intended to renew six of them which will provide ample steaming power for all requirements, leaving the other two for stand-by purposes.