DAMAGED CRUISER
SYDNEY SAILS FOR HOME PORT , [Pes United Pbess Association.] AUCKLAND, April 18. As a result of the damage to her pro- / Eellers the Australian cruiser Sydney; ad to leave Auckland this morning on her return to Sydney. A new propeller will have to be fitted and the tad shaft of another propeller straightenedAs this can be done with a minimum of inconvenience at. Sydney, it was decided that it was advisable that the cruiser should go there. , The force of the collision was such that two blades on the cruiser’s outer port propeller were broken off. At the same time the Sydney was rammed heavily against the piles of the wharf, and her outer starboard propeller tail shaft was badly bent. ' As only two of her four propellers will b© working, the Sydney will have to' travel at reduced speed. She is expected to reach Sydney on Thursday morning.Six officers and 27 rating of the Syd--ney who are on leave L will he drafted* - to other ships. ...
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Evening Star, Issue 22626, 19 April 1937, Page 1
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169DAMAGED CRUISER Evening Star, Issue 22626, 19 April 1937, Page 1
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