Wreck of the Aotea.
BROKEN UP ON THE ROCKS NEAR PATE A. A telegram was received in Wellington on Thursday afternoon stating that Messrs W. and G. Turnbull and Co/s coastal steamer Aotea, which bad been aground near the Patea bar for some weeks past, had broken up. On Wednesday night the vessel was re-floated, but was driven ashore again on the rocks at the foot of the cliffs to the east of the breakwater, beside the wreck of the s ; earaer Egmont. The position of the Aotea was such it soon became evident that she would go to pieces by the force of the heavy seas caused by the south-westerly gale. The Aotea Was practically a new vessel, having been built in 1002 by Scott of Kinghorn, Ltd, Kinghorn, Scotland. She was a steel and iron screw steamer of 203 tons gross, and 90 tons net; length, 102 ft; breadth, 21*7ft; depth, 9.7 ft. The engines were also manufactured by the builders of the vessel. The Aotea arrived in Wellington on February 2nd, 1908, from Home.
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Manawatu Herald, 24 September 1904, Page 2
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177Wreck of the Aotea. Manawatu Herald, 24 September 1904, Page 2
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