SUSSEX HOVE-TO.
STORMS ENCOUNTERED.
LITTLE r MAGE DONE.
After experiencing good weather for most of the trip out from Liverpool 1 via Panama, the Federal Line motor i ship Sussex (11,000 tons) struck tte full force of the recent gale three d»y» out from Auckland, and wa« forced to - heave-to for twelve hours. She berthed at Queen's wharf ax 11.30 this morn- '■ ing. The vessel carried an exceptionally heavy general cargo from Glasgow and Liverpool, and her draught aft was 32ft 9in. Ihe weather was not really bail but was severe enough to make matters unpleasant fot< the heavily, laden ship jf she had kept heading into of A tK*!-° m Bli?ht d « m «?e to a few of the fittings for'ard, the Sussex ewne through the storm unscathed, and none of her cargo was damaged.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 157, 6 July 1939, Page 4
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