General cargo ship HAPPY DIAMOND suffered minor damage to ballast tank after running aground on a shoal off Mawson Station, Antarctica, and is now returning to Hobart. Grounding understood to take place on Feb 18, she managed to refloat in about an hour. Earlier the ship had resupplied Australia’s Casey and Davis stations in Antarctica.
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