OSS SEA WHALERS
ARRIVAL AT STEWART ISLAND. C. A. LARSEN STRIKES A ROCK INVERCARGILL, February 21. A message received from Half Moon Bay, Stewart Island, late to-night, that the C. A. Larsen, the 17,000-ton mother ship of the Ross Sea whaling fleet, went ashore between Faro Island and the neck of Stewart Island, while proceeding up Paterson’s Inlet to her base at Price’s Bay. She has just returned from a three months’ whaling expedition in the Ross Sea, and in carrying over 80,000 barrels of whale oil of an estimated value of £1,000,000. It is understood that the steering gear failed, and a strong tide carried the vessel inshore. She struck a rock, which tore a hole in Nos. 10, 11, and 12 tanks for’ard. Five chasers went to her assist ance and sowed the vessel up the inlet stern first. The C. A. Larsen had a heavy list and was filling rapidly, her bows being almost flush with the sea. and her stern high from the water. Her cargo will have to be transhipped, and it is stated that she will be unable to return to Norway this year.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3859, 28 February 1928, Page 36
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190OSS SEA WHALERS Otago Witness, Issue 3859, 28 February 1928, Page 36
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