CUMBERSOME OARS are out of date as far as the Rangitata, now in Auckland, is concerned. Her lifeboats, one of which is seen on the harbour, are propeller-driven, the power being supplied by the crew, who work a series of fore-andraft levers. Note the swirl from the propeller under the stern.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 979, 23 May 1930, Page 18
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51CUMBERSOME OARS are out of date as far as the Rangitata, now in Auckland, is concerned. Her lifeboats, one of which is seen on the harbour, are propeller-driven, the power being supplied by the crew, who work a series of fore-andraft levers. Note the swirl from the propeller under the stern. Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 979, 23 May 1930, Page 18
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