PORT BOWEN WRECK
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Interest in the Port Bowen wreck at the Castlecliff beach at Wanganui has been revived now that the vessel is to be broken up for scrap metal which will be used for war purposes. William Cable and Co., Ltd., of Wellington, are undertaking the job, preparations for which have already begun. The Public Works Department is to build a gangway to facilitate the passage of workmen to and from the vessel at any tide. A jetty for the use of the motor-lorries and a landing stage will also be built by the Department. Already a certain amount of material has been deposited on the beach preparatory to this work being put in hand.
The boat's compass by which Captain Bsll steered the Exeter in the Graf Spec battle has been presented to Matfield Grange School in Kent, of which the captain is an old boy.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 3, 3 July 1940, Page 13
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151PORT BOWEN WRECK Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 3, 3 July 1940, Page 13
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