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Otago Witness, Issue 3513, 12 July 1921, Page 43

COLL!S!ON BETWEEN STEAMER AND SAILER. Just after dusk on the 7th the steamer Calm, proceeding down the channel on her way to sea, en route to Bluff, came into collision with the barque Rothesay Bay (formerly the Activ), which had just been anchored off Becky Point, near Carey Bay, to await the tide ia order that she might be towed up to Dunedin in the morning. The tug Dunedin had just left-the Rothesay Bay, and the pilot, Captain Duncan, was still on board the barque, having decided to have his tea with the master of the vessel, Captain Campbell. The Calm struck tho barque s bow, tearing the bowsprit clean out, and herself suffering considerable damage, a large rent being torn between the level of the main deck and the level of the forecastle head. Neither vessel appears to have suffered much injury to the hull, nor to have been damaged below tho water line. The barque remained at her anchorage, and the Calm lay off Carey Bay, both waning for daylight to ascertain the exact extent of the damage received. The Rothesay Bay’s bowsprit lies alongside on' the starboard side, and the figurehead has been knocked off. Captain Campbell has had to rig special tackles and gear to support the foremast. Hie ltothesay Bay came across from Hobart with a cargo Of hardwood, partly for Dunedin. and partly for Wellington. She made a fast passage of six days, and Captain Campbell is none too pleased that such a performance should have keen greeted with a mishap at the close, dhe vessel is owned by the Australian Ship Activ (Ltd.). She was signalled off the Heads yesterday morning, and taken in tow by the tug-. Dunedin on her arrival in the afternoon. She is a vessel of 762 tons. The Calm is under the command of Captain Braidwood, and is of BSO tons. The owners are the. Canterbury Steam Shipping Company (Ltd.). exact extent of the damage received. The cost of repairing the damage to the | staniev. an dsailir.. vessel is estimated to | cost up to about £2OOO.