THE HAWEA FOUND.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 214, 31 August 1908, Page 4

THE HAWEA FOUND.

ULIXG TOWED TO SVUXKV. Sydney, August 2i). lhe Rakanoa, with tlie Hawea in tow, was signalled from Crowdy Heads this morning; all well. The vessels are proceeding to Sydney. Received 3D, 8.7 p.m. Sydney, Last Night. It is expected the Hawea will reach here tomorrow afternoon. DESURimoN OF THE SHIP. The Hawea, was built in ISIJ7 by .Messrs. A. JlcJlillan and Sou, Dumbarton, and is essentially a cargo boat. Her dimensions are—Length, 2lioft; •beam, 30ft; depth, 24ft. She has a bridge deck and forecastle, and is straight-stemmed, with two pole masts. She is of J Jl4 ions not register, and can carry 2470 tons dead weight.

PREVIOUS BREAKDOWNS. The record of breakdowns at Sea and long drifts by disabled steamers or derelicts contains many peculiar eases, of which, perhaps'thy most striking is the hundred days' drift in 'the Indu,;i.l Ocean by the Waikato, related below.

PERTHSHIRE. In 1809 the IVrllu-tiire broke down while en rouic from Sydnvy to the Muff. She left Sydney on April 25, and nothing was ilea id oi ner till May 20, when the scow Whangaroa, from New Zealand, arrived at- Sydney, and reported that she had sighted the Perthshire on Hay 12, with her tail shaft broken. Steamers both from New Zealand and Australia were sent out in search, but it full to the lot. oi tsic Union Company's Talune, under command of Captain Spiuks, to pick the Perthshire up and taw her to Sydney oa Juae li). The Perthshire was discovered 15 miles north of Norfolk Ksland, having drifieil nine hundred miles in a northerly direction. The salvage paid was £SOOO. WAIKATO. On May 4, 1800, the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Waikato, left London for Port Chalmers, and oii June a broke her tail shaft. She was! picked up by the Aslouin on September 15, and towed to i'rernanilc, where she, arrived on October 7. The Aslouin was awarded £16,500 salvage. The Waikato had a second and similar experience while en route from London to New Zealand. She broku licr tail shaft on June 30, 1002, and on July 27 was picked up by the steamer Michii gan, which towed (her into Table Bay three days later. The Michigan earned £5500 salvage. -MONOWAI. The Union Company's steamer Monowai, on October 10, 1001, broke' down whilst en route from Hobart to Bluff. The Mokoia picked her. up on October 22, and towed her to Port Chalmers. On September 7, 1007, the Monowai again broke down, and five days la'ier was picked up, again by tire Mokoia,' and was towed to Sydney, where she arrived on September 15.

NEVER SEEN AGAIN. The case of the Port Stephens is invested with a certain amount of mystery. She left Oaraarti for Newcastle on October 1, 1906, and when two thus out her shaft broke. She drifted aboiit for a week, when t!he liavenscourt hove in sight and the master of the Port .Stephens judged it prudent to abandon her, the rescuing steamer landing all hands at Otago Heads on October 13. The Port Stephens has not since been found, although she was left in fairly frequented waters. It is thought that she drifted away 'towards the South Polar ice-barrier. DERELICT'S UttiU DKIFT.' The case of the ship Laboranius mav he recalled when considering ]un"> drifts. This vessel was passed, a ban"' doned at sea. by the ship Hermionc, bound for London. The Hcrmione completed her passage, discharged and loaded and sailed from London for Wellington, and one* more passed the Lalboranious. The derelict, according to calculations, had drifted' 545 miles an average of 6.7 miles a dav, from' where she was first sighted 'by tne Hermione 81 days previously. " SAILED PACK L.SDEK CANVAS. While bound from Lyltolion. to London the old Shaw, Suvill liner lonic broke her tail shaft, and came -back- to Lytteltou under canvas, a distance of ItoO miles. Another notable breakdown was that of the Poverie, l>otind from Au~tralito South Africa wU remount- for lb' British army engaged in the j'ioer war She broke down on April 3, when about 1000 miles from Frenmntlc, and was picked up by the Xamng 'arriving at Freinantle on May 1.",, and with on!v the lots of one or two horses. While bound front Manila to New castle on Xoveniber IS, liiOli, Uie* l!i----ngilira broke her tail shaft' \fie, drifting about 500 miles. t.-mporaVvr-'' pairs were effected, a,id the ves.-el reached Oerm.in New (iuiaea, where t new tail shaft was fitted