AORANGI BACKS INTO SUBMARINE
THEN SMASHES THROUGH PIER AT HONOLULU STEAMER UNHARMED (Rec. December 26, 5.5 p.m.) Honolulu, December 23. The steamer Aorangi, en route to Auckland, backed into the United States submarine R 5 and then glanced off, smashing completely through the quarantine pier, wrecking .sheds and doing damage to the extent of £5OOO. The Aorangi, which was in charge of the pilot at the time, was unharmed and proceeded on her voyage.—Sydney “Sun” Cable. SUBMARINE BADLY TWISTED (Rec. December 26, 5.5 p.m.) Honolulu, December 24. Local investigators blame the Aorangi for the collision with the R 5. The submarine was badly twisted and her bows deflected 10 degrees from normal.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 78, 27 December 1926, Page 9
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