Royal Vessel’s
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Mercy Mission
The Royal yacht "Britannia ,, t en route to Suva, on January 8, answered a mercy call in mid- Pacific.
A seaman had been injured by engine flash-back on the 7,900 ton cargo vessel “Glen moor” which was on its way from Lisbon to New Zealand.
“Glenmoor” did not carry a doctor. “Britannia” after hear ing the urgent SOS for medical aid, made rendezvous with the freighter some hundreds of miles east of Tahiti.
She took the injured man on board and was expected to leave him in a hospital in Papeete where she was due to call on January 16.
“Britannia” will arrive in Lautoka Fiji, late January and the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will join her on Feb ruary 1. The Royal couple will spend two days in Fiji before heading for New Zealand and Australia on “Britannia”.