SHIPS COLLIDE
ANCIENT AND MODERN
[BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.]
(Recd. April 17, 11 a.m.)
LONDON, April 16.
Wooden walls of the training ship Cornwall, built at Bombay 122 years ago, which lasted throughtout the China War of 1841. stood up against a shock when the Soviet cargo steamer. Sheksna, collided with her in the Thames. The Cornwall which.is built of teak rocked violently, but suffered little damage. The Sheksna’s bows were damaged.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 April 1937, Page 7
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