USE OF OLD TANKER AS TARGET
AIRCRAFT FROM THESEUS (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Sept. 8. Bombs and rockets from the aircraft of H.M.S. Thesus will hasten the end of the veteran naval tanker Nucula. Plans have yet to be completed, but if flying conditions are favourable, it is probable that the old ship, now reduced to a shell by shipbreakers, will be towed from Auckland on Wednesday and attacked a force of 16 aeroplants on Thursday. The 41-year-old tanker will be taken beyond the 100-fathom line to a point 15 miles east of Cuvier Light. There she will become a target for eight Fireflies, each equipped with eight 251 b armour-piercing lockets, and eight Seafires each carrying two 2501 b bombs. They will launch their attacks before the scuttling charges are fired in the Nucula, Radio communication will be established between the aircraft and one of the tugs, which has already been fitted with wireless equipment for the operation.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25284, 9 September 1947, Page 5
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