STRANDED STEAMER
EVIDENCE OF MASTER AT INQUIRY (U.P.A.-By Electric Telegraph-Copyright | MELBOURNE, 28th November. Giving evidence at the Marine Court of Inquiry into the stranding of the Orungal (5826 tons), the vessel which ran aground near Port Phillip Bay on 21st November, the master of the ship Captain S. GUling, said that he followed a track laid down by the naval authorities which took him away from the customary navigation landmarks. He- was anxious to get inside the Port Phillip heads because he knew that minefields had recently been discovered off the coast. About 10 p.m.. when the weather was thick and the sea rough, he began to get uneasy. Suddenly he saw a blur of light and believed it to be the Fort Lonsdale light, whereas it turned out to be the light on Barwon Heads, after which a flash of lightning revealed land on the port beam. He put the helm to starboard but the vessel grounded before she had time to answer. Captain Gilling added that a westerly set on the ship’s mrtherly course was responsible for the Orungal being ten miles off its true course.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 30 November 1940, Page 7
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188STRANDED STEAMER Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 30 November 1940, Page 7
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