MISHAP AT SLIP
chain breaks with big BOAT ON CRADLE
The Union Steam Ship Company’s new steamer Tamahine was being drawn up on the patent slip, in Evans Bay, yesterday morning, when one of the chains used for hauling on the slip cradle broke. Two other big chains still held the cradle, besides which there are massive pawls which prevented the cradle from running back into the harbour. Three-quarters of the Tatnaliine’s length was out of the water, and she remained in that position for a couple of hours until repairs to the cable had been completed. The vessel was then safely drawn right up into the slip yard to receive her first cleaning and painting since arrival in New Zealand. She is one of the largest vessels yet put on the local slip, being 1850 tons gross.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 98, 20 January 1926, Page 8
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138MISHAP AT SLIP Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 98, 20 January 1926, Page 8
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