Illustrated description of hull repairs to steamship Hororata, as carried out at Horta with makeshift equipment; vessel was torpedoed by enemy submarine and explosion caused extensive damage to port side of hull at after end, in no. 5 hold and main between decks; timber, concrete and scrap steel used successfully in covering hole, 45 by 32 ft, in shell plating. (see also Mar Engr v 67 n 806 Sept 1944 p 367-9, n 807 Oct p 440-2)


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    Title :

    Notable emergency repair


    Additional title:

    Shipbldr Mar Engine-Bldr


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1944


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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