Ship drifts for seven hours
(X Z Pre** Cnpyrfahf»
HOBART. March 19 The New Zealand-owned j roll-on ship Seaway Prince spent nearly seven hours | drifting helplessly off the Tasmanian east coast today after fire cut her power. “She couldn’t drop her anchors on the 100-fathom lines. It was too deep, and without power she couldn’t i have raised them again anyway.” said Captain David Buckle, the acting manager in I Hobart for Union Bulkships | Proorietarv. Ltd. I The 4000-tonne Prince is being towed to Hobart. and is expected to arrive earlv tomorrow. Captain Buckle said the fire in the master switch- 1 board about 3 a.m. had stopped the ship’s driving I and normal electric power jl Engineers had the fire ■ under control within half an ; hour.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19760320.2.109
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34107, 20 March 1976, Page 16
Word Count
127Ship drifts for seven hours Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34107, 20 March 1976, Page 16
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in