Noumea Ship
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WITH 39 passengers aboard, plus crew, the 205-ton Noumea vessel Havannah (ex Colorado del Mar, ex Hokitika, well known in New Zealand waters) went ashore on a reef in the dangerous Havannah Pass through the reefs east of Noumea late in June. The mishap occurred at night, but the sea was calm and the stranding was in sheltered waters. The ship was in bound from the Loyalty Islands.
The French naval sloop Tiare and a Noumea tug took off the passeng ers, and the vessel was towed clear and arrived at Noumea on July 11 with apparently little damage.