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Beverley day on November 9, 2017 at 5:14 am said:

she has never sunk even when harry jenkins crashed into piercy island. Never ever has she sunk ok

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Alan H - waitematawoodys on May 19, 2013 at 6:15 am said:

Seems she had a habit of the occasional oops. I was told that during the war when under RNZN control, she went under a wharf at low tide and was sunk at high.

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