TUG'S RECORD TOW.
SYDNEY TO MELBOURNE. The steam tug St. Olaves, with the naval collier Mombah straining bohind on half a mile of heavy cablo, entered Port Phillip Heads at sunrise on July 5, and passed up tho South Channel, to end what is believed to bo a record tow between Sydney autl Mclbourno, a distanco of 575 miles.
Ono of llio largest, and most powerful tups in Australian waters, the St. Olaves maintained an average speed of 6.8 knots, and completed the trip in about 84 hours. The tug is owned by Messrs. J. and A. Brown, and undertook tho tow after a less powerful tug had failed in two attempts to leavo Sydney Harbour with the largo collier. The lino carried away during tho first two hours of the voyage and it had to he replaced. Tho new lino consisted of 120 fathoms of cable, five and ahalf inches in diameter, and 60 fathoms of chain cabin from the Mombah.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20622, 22 July 1930, Page 5
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