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2 Hananui II, s.s.; 26 years Schooner.. 44 9 JKtt HU .. .. Hates dented .. .. , Ml | Auckland Harbour .. N.N.E. 10 denting several of her plates on her port side „ 2 Canadian Conqueror, s.s.; Schooner.. 3,386 42 Ml 4,000 tons genera! .. Leaky rivets .. .. Ml Off Australian coast .. S.W. 0-10 W ' H ' 16 years i i n Melbourne, some rivets in gusset-angle on port side found leaking, which were caulked but subsequently leaked, hence, on vessel's arrival at Lyttelton, final repairs were effected in dry dock „ 2 Uangatira, turbo-electric; Schooner.. 2,629 100 693 General .. .. Stranding .. .. Ml Cook Strait .. .. S. 5 W.D.Cameron. 5 years that the land he saw was Taurakirae Head and in proceeding at a speed of 16 knots at 6.2 a.m. Even at an earlier stage, 5.35 a.m., when he came on deck the Master should have taken way off his ship and obtained D.F. bearing to check his position. This not having been done, vessel should have been stopped until conditions improved to enable position to be ascertained with certainty. In fact, it was not until after vessel was off the rock that the Master ascertained by three D.F. bearings that the ship was in vicinity of Sinclair Head, and not, as he thought, off Taurakirae Head. The Court found that the Master committed an error of judgment in proceeding as he did at 6.2 a.m., but, in view of his unblemished record of over thirtyfive years, and the superb seamanship displayed after the disaster, and of abnormal tide which caused the vessel to set west so far out of course, the Master's certificate would not be affected, nor did the Court consider that the Wireless Operator's certificate should be prejudicially affected _ j „ 10 Middlesex, S.S.; 15 years Schooner.. 5,460 51 Ml 9,990 tons general .. Damaged lifeboat .. Ml Lat. 51° S.E. 12 Yesse sWe H.J.Wilde. Sea) irons of No. 4 boat, holing it and damaging chocks „ 19 TeAroha,m.v.; 26 years Schooner.. 56 7 Ml 43,400 ft. timber .. Damaged ship's boat .. Ml Hokitika Wharf .. .. Calm After M A. Olson. was in the davits over her stern „ 26 Kapuni, m.v.; 26 years Schooner.. 95 10 Ml 132 tons butter .. Damagedjompass and Ml Between Patea and Wei- S. 8 T' damaged the front of the wheel-house and the steering-compass Feb.- Tongariro, s.s.; 11 years Schooner .. 5,472 51 Ml 5,500 tons general .. Damaged shell-plating .. Ml At sea (position unknown) .. .. °aK^dta^. a i P ' B ' Clarke ' Mar - examination, shell-plating was found to be damaged, but when and where it occurred is unknown Mar Triona ss • 5 Schooner 2 590 63 4 2,300 tons phosphates .. Damaged rudder-post .. Ml Between Nauru Island Not known .. The welding holding the plate-edge to the A. Rhodes. Mar. .. jriona, s.s., o yw-s .. oliiuuuoi .. vo & and Auckland rudder-post was found to have started, and the plating laid open from the 15 ft. to the 20 ft. mark on the port side „ 2 Fair burn, aux.; 31 years Ketch .. 60 6 Ml 20 tons general .. Stranding; totalloss .. Ml Westport .. .. IĪ.N.E. Gale T. C. Sawyers. east squall, losing steerage-way, and vessel failing to come round, and engines being out of action, was abandoned, eventually became a total wreck on the • ' • eastern breakwater