FREIGHTER DAMAGED IN TASMAN BUFFETING
(P.A.) AUCKLAND, June 24. . Her poop deck showing signs of damage from the seas which crashed over her off the Australian coast, the Union Company freighter Kairanga arrived at Auckland to-day after the worst Tasman crossing for several years. At times during the voyage, the wind rose to 70 miles an hour, and on several occasions the vessel was swept by mountainous seas, which were estimated to be over 30ft high.
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Evening Star, Issue 26136, 25 June 1947, Page 8
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76FREIGHTER DAMAGED IN TASMAN BUFFETING Evening Star, Issue 26136, 25 June 1947, Page 8
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