A SUDDEN CAPSIZE PROVIDES SOME EXCITEMENT AT THE LAUNCHING OF A LARGE NAVAL TARGET AT AUCKLAND YESTERDAY. The target, which cost £ 10,000 to construct, was launched yesterday morning from the yards of Messrs. Bailey and Lowe. The vessel heeled over shortly after taking the water,fourmen<onboard being submerged. When water ballast was let into the hull the craft soon righted itself. Fortunately no one was hurt. The snapshot on the right shows one of the workmen paddling ashore.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19866, 9 February 1928, Page 6
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77A SUDDEN CAPSIZE PROVIDES SOME EXCITEMENT AT THE LAUNCHING OF A LARGE NAVAL TARGET AT AUCKLAND YESTERDAY. The target, which cost £ 10,000 to construct, was launched yesterday morning from the yards of Messrs. Bailey and Lowe. The vessel heeled over shortly after taking the water,fourmen<onboard being submerged. When water ballast was let into the hull the craft soon righted itself. Fortunately no one was hurt. The snapshot on the right shows one of the workmen paddling ashore. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19866, 9 February 1928, Page 6
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