"SMELLING THE BOTTOM"
SHIP IN SHALLOW WATER LYTTELTON INCIDENT DELAY IN BERTHING (Tor Truss Association.) 'CTIIUSTCIIURCn, this day. Tumours were enVront in Lyttelton this morning that the liner Tanmroa had {.'.rounded near the cntrnni-c In the moles' of the inner harbour, but neither t.hc owners' representative, Captain A. J. (')ianiian. nor the harbourmaster, Captain .1. P. Crawford, would verify the report. It is reported that the incident occurred at approximately 7 o'clock., and the vessel did not berth until 8 o'clock. Captain Crawford said the delay was occasioned by the Tamaroa "smelling the bottom.'' In plainer terms it meant that the vessel was in shallow water, and owing to the propellers setting up a strange motion the vessel had got into fi position in which it was difficult to manoeuvre her.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19128, 24 September 1936, Page 6
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131"SMELLING THE BOTTOM" Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19128, 24 September 1936, Page 6
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