KETCH ON RETIRED LIST
OVER 50 YEARS OLD After half a century's continuous service in the New Zealand and Tasmanian trade, says the Melbourne “Herald,” the Melbourne-owned ketch S.M.H.T. has sailed her last voyace. and has been permanently tied up In that portion of the river near Yarraville known as "Rotten Row.” She has been replaced by the Defender, a larger vessel of similar type. The S.M.H.T. was the oldest ship passing regularly through Port Phillip Heads. Built of wood in Auckland. New Zealand, and originally named Annie, she had an adventurous career. Once, while running before a strong gale off the Tasmanian coast, she suddenly capsized, and although she remained afloat her crew of five were drowned. Subsequently she was towed into Burnie (Tas.), and pr.r- ---! chased by Captain Taylor, who lengthened her and renamed her S.M.H.T., the initials of his wife. Since 1903 the ketch under that name has been voyaging regularly between Melbourne and Tasmanian ports.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 330, 16 April 1928, Page 7
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159KETCH ON RETIRED LIST Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 330, 16 April 1928, Page 7
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