WRECK OF THE HYPATIA.
OFFICERS BLAMEWORTHY. NAUTICAL COURT’S FINDING. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel.—Copyright CAPETOWN, November 13. The Court found the Captain of the Hypatia, wrecked on October 29, guilty of a serious error of judgment; the chief officer guilty of culpable negligence, and the second officer guilty of contributory negligence. The British and South American Steam Navigation Company’s 5728 tons steamer Hypatia, engaged .in a direct cargo service to New York/ went ashore on Whale Rock, a mile off Robbin Island, at the entrance to Table Bay in a mist. She was heavily loaded and became firmly fixed on the rocks which tore out her bottom.
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Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17869, 15 November 1929, Page 9
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106WRECK OF THE HYPATIA. Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17869, 15 November 1929, Page 9
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