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H. A. LENEHAN. 



NOTE on the DRIFT of S.S. " PILBARRA. 

 By H. A. Lenehan, f.r.a.s. 



[With Diagram.] 



[Read before the Royal Society of N. 8. Wales September 6, 1905."] 



On March 3rd, 1905, the engineer reported to the captain 

 that the ship had cast one of the propeller blades. On the 

 4th, in Lat. 20° 10' S., Long. 171° 38' E., the remaining 

 blades were lost. The boat then began to drift in a N.N.W. 

 direction for a couple of days, but on the 7th began to take 

 a course almost due W. Late at night on the 7th as the 

 44 Pilbarra " was making direct for the S.E. point of Erro- 

 manga, and there seemed every probability of going ashore 

 at any moment, all boats were launched, and the ship 

 deserted to her fate. Next day the captain, when trying 

 to find a landing place, saw his ship some miles to the 

 westward of the island, and again set out to take charge. 

 The drift thereafter was principally to N.W., and the 

 44 Pilbarra " was picked up by s.s. 44 Induna " at 6*25 a.m. 

 on March 17th, and towed to port. I wisli to record my 

 thanks to Captain W. R. Fleetwood for the loan of his log, 

 and also to Captain Lindeman, r.n., for placing the same 

 at my disposal. 





Pogifirm p+; ^Jr^rvn 





No. of 



Condition 







Date 











Course. 



Miles 



of 



State of Sea 



Wind. 





Lai 



. s. 



Long 



.E. 





Drifted. 



Weather. 







1905 







t 



o 



( 







moderating- 







March 5 



19 



37 



171 



18 





37f 



very thick 





... 



„ 6 



19 



2 



171 



9 





36f 



ditto 







„ 7 



18 



42 



169 



58 





68f 





high 



S.E.'str. 



„ 8 



19 



6 



168 



43 





75f 



mod., fine 







„ 9 



18 



54 



168 







N. 73 W. 



41* 









„ 10 



18 



51 



167 



16 



N. 86 W. 



44* 





moderate 





„ 11 



18 



36 



166 



4i 



N. 63 W. 



34* 



... 







„ 12 



18 



14 



166 



26 



N. 38 W. 



28* 









„ 13 



17 



56 



166 







N.54 W. 



31* 



fine 





S.E. mod 



„ 14 



17 



40 



165 



31 



N. 60 W. 



32* 



fine 





„ light 



„ 15 



17 



24 



165 



31 





I7f 



cloudy- 



mod. swell 



„ mod. 



„ 16 



17 



22 



164 



37 



W 



47f 



fine 





,, mod. 



* From Ship's Log. f No. of miles computed. 



