STORM BUFFETED
THE TANKER BULYSSES ROUGH VOYAGE FROM BRISBANE (Special to Daily Times) WELLINGTON, July 10. A storm buffeted the tanker Bulysses on her trip from Brisbane to Wellington. The ship, which arrived at 7.45 a.m. to-day from Balik-Papan, is paying her first visit to New Zealand. The Bulysses left Balik Papan on June 20, and the weather was good until she arrived at Moreton Bay on July 2, said Captain Geoffrey E. Devine, but as the vessel came closer to New Zealand it became worse. On Friday, when the Bulysses was 400 miles from Wellington, she experienced a south-west by south wind of a force up to 80 miles an hour and heavy seas. The decks were awash and heavy spray swept the ship. 4 She then had the appearance of travelling with the storm Captain Devine diverted his course to the westward until the barometric pressure had risen from 29.25 inches to 29.72 inches. When the seas had moderated the ship resumed ner course to Wellington and speed was increased. Although the Bulysses presents a trim appearance, she is not one of the latest tankers. Built in 1927 at Newcastle by Messrs Hawthorn, Leslie and Co, Ltd., she has a gross tonnage of. 7519. She brings a full cargo of fuel oil for the Shell Company.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23857, 11 July 1939, Page 6
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