OLD COLLIER SUNK.
HOLE BLOWN IN SIDE. LAST OF THE RAKANOA. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Monday. Filled with a few tons of scrap iron and with all valuable equipment stripped from her, the Union Company's collier Rakanoa commenced her last voyage to sea shortly after 11 o'clock this morning. The vessel was towed into Cook Strait to be sunk beyond the 100-fathom line. A hole was blown in the side of the hull with explosives, and after 12 minutes the vessel had sunk.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19929, 24 April 1928, Page 10
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84OLD COLLIER SUNK. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19929, 24 April 1928, Page 10
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