STEAMER SUNK
COLLISION IN THE SCHELDT. FOUR LIVES LOST. . -’ress Association—By Telegraph—Copyright ANTWERP, January 7 21. The British-India steamer Australia collided in the Scheldt with the London steamer Nautilus. The latter sank immediately. Eighteen men wore thrown into the water, but 14 were saved. Four are missing.—Reuter. [The Australia is a steel steamer of 7485 tons gross register, and wag built at E'lcnsburg in 1912 for a German firm. She was interned during the war, and was purchased by tho Brjtish-lndia Steam Navigation Company after the armistice. The vessel has been employed in the trade between the United Kingdom and Australia for the past two or three years. She loaded at Brisbane, Sydney, ‘Melbourne, and Port Pirie, and sailed from Sydney on November 15 last for Dunkirk, Hull, Antwerp, and Hamburg. There are nine vessels bearing the name Nautilus in Lloyd’s Register. The one mentioned in the cable message will probably he the Nautilus which is registered in London. She is an iron steamer of 718 tons gross register, and is owned by the General Steam Ship Navigation Company (Ltd.)]
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19230123.2.39
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 18768, 23 January 1923, Page 7
Word Count
180STEAMER SUNK Otago Daily Times, Issue 18768, 23 January 1923, Page 7
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.