Expensive bump
AUCKLAND. Mar. 5. A bump which put one of thr Royal New Zealand Na\ \ > new patrol boats out nf action r<»da\ might cost ab.u t Ssooo—rhe price of a new p-opeller. H M.N.Z.S. Pukaki hit an unidentified submerged obshakedown cruise, but a
spare propeller was fitted after it was found that only one blade of one of her two nronellers had been damaged. The work was done within a few hours by dockvard staff using the new synchrolift to hoist the Pukaki out of the water. The damage might have been caused by a piece of partly submerged dunnage or
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33786, 7 March 1975, Page 12
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102Expensive bump Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33786, 7 March 1975, Page 12
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