MISHAP TO RAMA.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18234, 19 November 1924, Page 9

MISHAP TO RAMA.

-, TROUBLE AT CHATHAM ■ ISLANDS. yjjg VESSEL'S HISTORY. November IS. lUm going out of roa »" d is lcakin 8 badly un_ S "X boiler. The crew are keeping ** S oat with difficulty. It is anticiW j that they will be compelled to 54 K ,er »* okiWa The ther is very with a llorthcrl y message w received by the rid Sim i« lands Fishing Co,npaji y toiVtom tho captain of the steamer. TS*BamaJ cft Wellington on Novem11th for Wostpurt, en route to the rtiam glands, to which she made ■1 in intervals of running under conmP t to the New Zealand Government ?Ub A»ckland-Niuc Island service. fkfo i» Wt the first mishap that hag «ired to tho Kama. Last year, when f. was in the same vicinity, near KairtrtT which is one of the ports on Tmin Island group, she was hard i fast for some hours on a rock, but £5 eventually got off without a great tal of dwnage. %, JpLS. Torch, the Rama served for »eonsiderablo period in the capacity l one of tho vessels of tho New Zeuvd Navy. When it was judged that w artfulness as a warship was ut an , ,he was dismantled and finally sold IJjIrE. G. I* 1 . Zohrab, who overhauled wrjad'hadher running for some time tothe Chatham Islands on fishing trips, fitted with refrigerating machinery to Aitrfor the -carrying of fish, and runL under the iegis of the Chatham mis Fishing Company, she made uiy trips to the outlying group with(it loeideJit except as mentioned above. the Bama has made three trips from iwiland to Niue, and she was schedded to leave Auckland for Niuo Island , s Koveniber 24th, taking supplies to tuff to inhabitants of the island over He hurricane season, and to bring away ,eargo of fruit, including a large conjinßWt of bananas. Tie Bama was built in IBDO at his Vjtaty's Dockyards, Sheerness, with 7%# tonnago of 610 and a not tonnage JtUi. Her principal dimensions are: length 181.5 ft, breadth 32ft, and depth lWfi Her horse-power by ship's regisLtfe to-night no further news had \ta received from h Qr - - Csptaio B. Cartuer has been in comnit'j of the Bama since she was first twnmiiaionecl under tho present owners.