"Ruena" Refloated
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THE 100-ton motor-vessel “Ruena” which was beached on Double Island Point on the North Queens land coast during a cyclone on March 26, was refloated on May 13. “Ruena” belongs to the Fairymead Sugar Company Pty., Ltd., which has extensive interests in the Solomons. They have been operat ing the ship for a little over a year and using her to run supplies between Sydney and their BSI plantations, via Bunda
berg, Queensland,
Much less damage had been done to the ship tfTan was at first feared and she left for the Solomons via Bundaberg on June 13.
This photograph, loaned by the Fairymead Sugar Co. Pty., Ltd., shows the “Ruena” beached on Double Island Point, with salvage operations in progress. As shown, it was necessary to build a float ing basin with sandbags.