SHIPPING NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Times, 17 August 1863, Page 1 (Supplement)

SHIPPING NEWS.

REPORT MADE BY OAPT. GIBSON* S.S AUCKLAND, To the Editor of the W. Independent, Chief Marino;Board r Office, 5 Wellington, August|l3, 1863. Sis, —I beg to enclose a report made to me by Capt, Gibson, s.s. Auckland, of a rock or shoal upon which that vessel struck shortly after quitting the anchorage off Napier, Hawke’s Bay, and as the 'danger mentioned is in the direct track of vessels entering and quitting that port, you may perhaps wish to give publicity to'it in the columns of your journal. I am, &0., Quarles' Sharp, Master Warden C.M. Board. (True Copy.) 11th August, (7‘45 a.m., weighed and canted ship ; Bh, set on full speed, and rounded *Ahuriri Bluff. B’2o a.m., ship heading S.E. by E., grazed a rock without stopping her headway ; immediately stopped the engines, closed the valves in the watertight bulkheads, and sounded each compartment. Depth of water alongside nine fathoms ; tide three quarters ebb ; ship’s draught forward lift, aft 12ft 6in. Compass bearing, taken immediately after’'strikirg—northeastern entrance of Ahuriri Bluff, West Cape Kidnappers S.E., having no deviation with the ship heading S.E. by E. I can confidently, state the bearings to be correct. 830 finding the ship making no water, proceeded at half-speed"; hand lead kept constantly going, andpump works sounded half-hourly. f [-Charles [Sharp, Master Warden C."M.‘Board.