1.
LS WOODBURN ON REEF
2 ft

2.
MLS DUMPING BAUXITE (TWO SHOTS)
10 ft

3.
MS WOODBURN FROM STERN
12 1/2 ft

4.
MS PASSING TO WIRE TO FREIGHTER
17 ft

5.
MS RELEASING CHAIN (TWO SHOTS)
22 ft

6.
MS MASTER BOSWELL GIVING INSTRUCTIONS
25 ft

7.
MS ENGINE ROOM
27 1/2 ft

8.
CU 3,500 H.P. DRIVE
30 ft

9.
MS ENGINEERS AT WORK
32 ft

10.
CU TELEGRAPH
34 ft

11.
CU MAIN SHAFT
36 ft

12.
CU PISTONS
38 ft

13.
MS ENGINE ROOM
40 ft

14.
MS CHEERS AS WOODBURN REFLOATS
43 ft

15.
LS FREIGHTER AFLOAT
45 ft

16.
LS LIGHTHOUSE
46 ft

17.
LS SHE SAILS OFF (TWO SHOTS)
50 ft



Initials CAR/S/GAP/YA/AMR



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Background: THE 9,500-TON BRITISH FREIGHTER 'WOODBURN', WHICH RAN HARD AGROUND ON A REEF NEAR A LIGHTHOUSE, 35 MILES EAST OF SINGAPORE TEN DAYS AGO, WAS REFLOATED ON NOVEMBER 17.

ABOUT 3,000 TONS OF BAUXITE, WORTH THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MALAYSIAN DOLLARS, WAS DUMPED OVER BOARD.THE REMAINING CARGO IS LIKELY TO BE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER SHIP.

THE HIGH SEA DRAMA WAGED BY THE ROYAL NAVY SALVAGE TEAM, AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE FAST APPROACHING NORTH-EAST MONSOON, PROVED SUCCESSFUL AT 9.45 A.M.WHEN THE TIDE WAS COMING UP.

THE POWERFUL 3,500 HORSEPOWER SALVAGE TUG, 'NIMBLE' UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN JAMES BOSWELL, FREED THE 'WOODBURN' AMID A FIERCE THUNDER-STORM.

'WOODBURN', WHICH SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, WAS ON THE WAY TO JAPAN FROM MALAYSIA WHEN HIT THE REEF, NEAR THE HORSBURG LIGHTHOUSE.

FOUR HOURS LATER, SHE STEAMED INTO THE EASTERN ANCHORAGE OF THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR - WITH HER MASTER, CAPTAIN K.G.BLACK.

THE 'WOODBURN', MEANWHILE, WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE SINGAPORE TILL SHE HAD BEEN GRANTED A NEW CERTIFICATE OF SEA WORTHINESS.