SUNK IN THE THAMES
trading ship down COLLISION WITH LINER | Cable.— Press Association.—Copyright LONDON, Tuesday. fh As the result of a collision with “ e P- and O. steamer Beltana, the steamer Torrington. of the Harrison Line, was sunk at the mouth of the arnes. The two steamers were Proceeding together down Gravesend when the former vessel struck i JV 1 in halves a small motor-boat bad broken down. , ’■'he s?le occupant of the motor-boat J mped into the river and was rescued by a tug. The Beltana then swung round and U r . b ro P el ler holed the Torrington, which sang alongside the wharf. The itana was able to proceed on her voyage to Australia.—A. and N.Z. is a steel twin-screw vessel by on J- She w-as built in 1912 the t, r “ , ar Company, Greenock, for ton an<l Company. The Torrington. , * screw steamship of 691 year' 180 ft., built at Paisley last jear for Messrs. Harrison and Company.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 138, 1 September 1927, Page 1
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