OIL RIG ADRIFT.—The 8000-ton oil rig Sedco 135E which was yesterday adrift off the New South Wales coast with 11 men on board. The 340ft-long deck is 104ft above water. The off-shore rig was being towed by the American tug Alice L. Morgan when the towline snapped in 40ft seas and winds of up to 80 miles an hour. The rig was later secured.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31211, 8 November 1966, Page 17
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64OIL RIG ADRIFT.—The 8000-ton oil rig Sedco 135E which was yesterday adrift off the New South Wales coast with 11 men on board. The 340ft-long deck is 104ft above water. The off-shore rig was being towed by the American tug Alice L. Morgan when the towline snapped in 40ft seas and winds of up to 80 miles an hour. The rig was later secured. Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31211, 8 November 1966, Page 17
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