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)
Notable emergency repair
Shipbldr Mar Engine-Bldr
Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder ; 51 , n 426
1944
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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