THREE KINGS PROBLEM.
A LIGHTSHIP PRACTICABLE.
[BX TELECHtATO.— correspondejci.] Wellington, Thursday. iM'ORM.mox in tlio hands of llio Marine Department indicates that tho project of mooring a lightship at tho Throe Kings is not impracticable. There is a lightship moored in '33 fathoms of water north-east of the SciJly Islands, 13 miles west by north from Longships lighthouse. This place is exposed to the full sweep of the Atlantic Ocean during north and northwest weather, and no difficulty is found in maintaining tho lightship in its position. There is also a small lightship moored in 35 fathoms of wafer on the Nantucket [Shoals (United States or" America), which is exposed to the full sweep of the Atlantic Ocean.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15073, 16 August 1912, Page 9
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117THREE KINGS PROBLEM. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15073, 16 August 1912, Page 9
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