DISCOVERY HITS QUAY
TIMBERS REND, BUT SHIP IS UNSCATHED ON HER WAY TO CARDIFF Reed. 9 a.m. LONDON, Thursday. Sir Douglas Mawson’s exploration ship Discovery left the East India dock for Cardiff in driving rain and a half gale. When she was just clear of the dockhead, the tow-rope snapped and the current drove the Discovery against the quay. There was ti sound of rending timbers, but the ship was unscathed. Further trouble was averted by dropping the anchor till a new tow-rope had been fixed. Then the famous ship steamed down in the wake of a big liner, to which she presented a striking contrast.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 731, 2 August 1929, Page 9
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