On 25 December 1953 , while operating on the Montreal - Australian New Zealand service , both engines failed owing to contaminated lubrication oil .
The ship drifted for three days towards the rocks of Fatu Hira atoll .
On 25 December 1953 , while operating on the Montreal - Australian New Zealand service , both engines failed owing to contaminated lubrication oil and the ship drifted for three days towards the rocks of Fatu Hira atoll .