OIL SURVEY ROLE
Tuna Vessel Is Now ‘Shooting’
(N.Z. Press Association)
WELLINGTON, Dec. 20.
A tuna vessel, the Rosalind Star, has arrived in Wellington to take part in seismic research off the New Zealand coast as a “shooting boat.” Commanded by Captain R. Bradley, of Sydney, and manned by a crew of three, she left Eden, New South Wales, on December 10. The Rosalind Star, of 69 gross tons, is 66ft in length and has an exceptionally wide beam of 20ft. She was built in Sydney last year and has the typical upswept bow and forward bridge characterised by tuna ships. Captain Bradley said the ship has been on a fourmonth charter to an American company carrying out oil exploration both in Australia and New Zealand. She carries explosives. Charges are dropped to the ocean floor and the echo of the explosion is measured by another vessel. He could not say how long the ship will be in New Zealand waters or where her first job will be. She will work in conjunction with an American ship, the Unitedgeo No. 1, which is expected soon. The Rosalind Star is owned by the Australian Tuna Fisheries, Ltd., and before being chartered worked along the Australian coasts.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31248, 21 December 1966, Page 3
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