THE DISCOVERY.
SATISFACTORY SEA-GOING CAPACITY.
By Telegraph—Press Association-. Christchurch, last night. Statements by London correspondents of the Colonial newspapers as to rumors affecting the seaworthiness of tho Antarctic vessel Discovery were brought under the notice of Captain Scott to-day. Ho at once pronounced them to he sensational and exaggerated in the extreme. The ship, he said, had not been at her best on the voyage out, but he was quite satisfied with her seaworthiness, and anticipated that after leaving Lyttelton there would bo no further trouble. Hewould like it stated officially that ho had every oonfideuce in tho vessel, and was thoroughly satisfied with her from thopoint of view of her sea-going capacity. Mr James Miller, a practical shipwright at Lyttelton, also scouted the sensational rumors. No doubt, she leaked somewhat on the voyage out, he said, but that tvaa due to hor being new and built of hard wood, which would not swell so quickly as softer material. When the few repair® necessary had been effected, the Discovery would go out of dock as sound jnd fit for tho undertaking as any ship could be made.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 282, 7 December 1901, Page 2
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