MISHAPS AT SEA.
■ CRUISER'S NARROW ESCAPE. i ' • . • ■ ' ■■ By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright '■■.-••'■ London, August 14. The armoured cruiser Duke of Edinburgh,- a vessel of 13,500 tons' displacement," which was .completed in 1906 at a cost of -',£1,201,687, has - had a narrow escape from being wrecked. The vessel was stranded on Atherfield Ledge, under the cliffs of the Isle of Wight, and lay, in a. dangerous position, the sea, fortunately, being smooth at the time. ' '.Tugs were promptly summoned, and a flotilla of six of them succeeded in' haul- , ing the cruiser off into deep water again, amid loud cheering from those aboard her and from the crowd, of spectators who had gathered on shore. The Duke • of Edinburgh afterwards steamed to. Portsmouth. She is believed to be undamaged. • , .-LINER ASHORE. . Rome, August 14.: The P. and'O. liner Oceana, G6lO tons, bound for Bombay, is ashore at Cape Faro, Messina. . ■' . Lighters are at work lightening the vessel. '....'.: ',:: -' .
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 896, 16 August 1910, Page 7
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154MISHAPS AT SEA. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 896, 16 August 1910, Page 7
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