ROSS SEA WHALER ASHORE.
Invercargill, February 21. A message was received from Half Moon Bay (Stewart Island), late to-night that the iC. A. Larsen, 17,000-ton mother ship of the Ross Sea whaling fleet, went ashore between Faro Island and the neck of Stewart Island while proceeding up Paterson’s Inlet to her base at Price’s Bay. She has just returned from a three months’ whaling expedition in the Ross Sea and is carrying over 80,000 barrels of whale oil of an estimated value of £1,000,000. It is understood the steering gear failed when a strong tide carried the vessel inshore. She struck a rock which tore a hole in numbers 10, 11, and 12 tanks forward.
Five chasers went to her assistance and towed the boat up the Inlet, stern first, the C. A. Larsen having a heavy list and filling rapidly, her bows being almost flush with the sea and stern high from the water. The cargo will have to be transhipped 'and it is stated that she will be unable to return to Norway this year. Towing operations are still in progress.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3758, 23 February 1928, Page 3
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183ROSS SEA WHALER ASHORE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3758, 23 February 1928, Page 3
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