END OF THE WANAKA
LONG CAREER CLOSES After a sea career lasting 39 years the Union Company’s vessel Wanaka is drawing near her life’s end. The vessel, which has been in the hands of the shipbreakers for three months now, was berthed at the King’s Wharf yesterday to have all her salvaged fittings landed before being finally disposed of. About 15 months ago the Wanaka, after nearly 40 years’ service at sea, was moored in “Rotten Row” in the Auckland harbour. Last March the Union Company sold her to Alessrs. Borlase and McKay, the Dunedin shipbreakers. And so for three months now the shipbreakers have been busy dismantling the machinery and stripping the vessel of all metal and fittings of any value. This material is stacked in the hold all ready to be discharged at the wharf. The ultimate fate of the Wanaka is not quite definite. Some time ago the hulk was offered to the Naval Department for use as a target for firing practice, but the offer was refused. The Public Works Department is now considering a proposal to use the vessel as a breakwater at an East Coast port. If this does not eventuate the Wanaka will be towed out to sea and sunk in deep water.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 66, 9 June 1927, Page 9
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210END OF THE WANAKA Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 66, 9 June 1927, Page 9
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