Sinking
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Cause of “Verao’s”
According to an owner, the sinking of the small motor ship “Verao”, 200 miles east of Bris bane late in March, was not due to plates springing in the heavy eas, as was widely stated in Aus tralian newspapers at the time, md in the “PIM” in April.
Mr. William E. Aspden, one of I he owners of the vessel {she belonged to Southern Cross Shipping Co.), who personally upervised the survey of the vessel n Sydney shortly before the sink ng, states in a letter to “PIM”
'■om Auckland, NZ, that she was it that time classified as 100 A 1 it Lloyds, and was, additionally, i well-built ship.
The loss was due to the fact hat the double-bottom tank vent npes were not properly plugged md secured and that during the ad weather the ship encountered, sater entered these tanks; she ook on a heavy list to star oard and gradually became un ontrollable.