CARS ON SHIP DAMAGED
Heavy Sea Hits Navua
Four motor-cars were damaged by a heavy sea which swept over the coastal vessel Navua when she was near Cape Campbell at 1 a.m. on Thursday. The same sea also shifted a 30ft keel yacht six feet, but did not damage it. A fibre-glass dinghy belonging to the yacht was broken and is a total loss.
The Navua was bound for Lyttelton from Auckland at the time. According to Captain Wynne Jones, master of the vessel, it was just one extra big sea that caused the damage. The ship was at once hove-to to prevent further damage. The cars were stowed on top of the mid-hatch. One of them was shifted partly on to the deck. The roofs of two of the cars were dented and damage was done to two doors.
The yacht, Main Royal, an Aclass keeler, was carried on deck and consigned to Messrs Peter Mangos and Neil Beaumont, who bought it recently at Auckland. On the arrival of the Navua at Lyttelton the Main Royal was lifted by a crane and placed in the water. Yesterday afternoon it was placed on a slip for inspection and for painting.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29016, 3 October 1959, Page 17
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200CARS ON SHIP DAMAGED Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29016, 3 October 1959, Page 17
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