Philomel To Be Stripped This Week
AUCKLAND, Last Night. With only the simplest of ceremonies, the veteran cruiser, Philomel, mother ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy, will end her 56 years of naval service this week. If conditions are favourable she will be towed on Friday ^ to Coromandel, where her new owners, the Strongman Shipping Co., will strip her of fittings for use in new ships. On reaching Coromandel, she will be secured at a sheltefed berfh and ballasted to rest easily on tbe bcttom. This position will facilitate her being taken to sea for sinking when the stripping is completed. The vessel is of 2575 tons.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5302, 15 January 1947, Page 4
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108Philomel To Be Stripped This Week Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5302, 15 January 1947, Page 4
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