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Storm damage to the Rangatira
Although they were typically called ferries, the Lyttelton–Wellington vessels were big ocean-going ships, well used to battling the Roaring Forties off the Canterbury Coast and in Cook Strait. Heavy seas sometimes caused minor damage and often forced the ferries to reduce speed. This image shows damage to the first Rangatira after a storm in 1951.
Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference: 114/367/12-G
Further information and copies of this image may be obtained from the library through its 'Timeframes' website,
http://timeframes.natlib.govt.nz.
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New
Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa must be obtained before any
reuse of this image.
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