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Engine Failures Aboard Soochow III
1960, Main Engine breakdown. Terry Connell who was 2nd. Mate at the time, describes the incident, and this is reproduced here by his kind permission. Frank Hindle was Master, J.K.Davies 1st. Mate, Hamish McDonald Chief Engineer.

We had almost finished loading in Sydney so I was doing the usual setting out of our Northbound courses to Brisbane on our well-used chart, which as you will all know are set close to the coast so as to avoid the South setting current which runs strongest along the the 100 fathom line. Click here for more...