LOST TUNA BOAT
Seven Believed Dead (N.Z. Press Assn—Copyright) ADELAIDE. June 30. The Port Lincoln Coroner (Captain W. D. Marchant) at an inquest today found that the tuna vessel Lincoln Star disappeared at sea. near Rocky Island, on February 27, and he presumed all on board had perished. The crew consisted of the owner, Eric Tapley, his sons. Barry, aged 20, and Robert, aged 14, Arnold Clayton, of Ulladujla. New South Wales. Ron Watson and John Brown, of New Zealand, and Ollie Larsen. Captain Marchant said evidence was shown that a certificate of seaworthiness issued by the Maritime Services Board of New South Wales considered the maximum number aboard was not to exceed three. Subsequently two additional bunks had been fitted in the wheelhouse at the request of Tapley. To pass the seaworthiness test, certain safety equipment had been borrowed from another vessel. It was significant. the Coroner said, that when radio contact was made with the Lincoln Star on February 21. Tapley had no idea of his real location.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29554, 1 July 1961, Page 13
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