"La Phoque"

High and Dry on Uvea

LAST advices from Uvea, one of the Loyalty Islands, were that the little motor vessel “La Phoque”, 188 tons, was still high and dry. about 100 yards

above high-water mark, where she was driven by a hurricane on the night of March 25. It was then feared that, al though the vessel was almost undamaged, she would be abandoned as a total loss, owing to salvage difficulties.

The “La Phoque”, which maintained a regular service between New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands, arrived in Cydney from Europe on October 28, 1937. as deck cargo on board the German steamer “Stassfurt”.

The new coaster Le Phoque being unloaded from the deck of the Stassfurt in Sydney Harbour.