encountering Hurricane Tanya.

Meyer Agencies Ltd. spokesman Capt. John Moore said the four seamen were seriously hurt when a large wave washed over them while they were securing cargo on the ship's deck and they were slammed into a cargo hatch.

The Maltese-registered refrigerated fruit carrier Kiwi berthed at Penno's Wharf while en route from the Dominican Republic to Ireland.

The crew members were taken off the ship immediately upon landing and the Kiwi continued its voyage on Tuesday morning.

Cunard cruise line's flagship the Queen Elizabeth 2 visited Bermuda yesterday morning while en route from New York to Port Canaveral, Florida.

The 963-foot trans-Atlantic liner berthed in the Great Sound with 834 passengers and left at 4 p.m. after 49 more passengers had boarded.

And the last regular caller of Bermuda's cruise ship season arrived from New York with 773 passengers earlier this week.

The Song of America spent Monday at Hamilton's Number One Dock before continuing on her way to St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands at 4 p.m..

John S. Darrell spokesman Mr. Tim Southern said the trip was part of the ship's repositioning cruise. She will now operate seven day cruises out of Puerto Rico for her winter schedule and will return to Bermuda in May, 1996.

In other shipping news, Meyer reported that the Bermuda Islander arrived Monday afternoon with 71 dry containers and seven refrigerated containers.

She also unloaded three horses before leaving for Salem, New Jersey on Tuesday morning.

Bermuda Container Ship Management spokesman Mr. Skip Lewis said the Oleander arrived on Sunday and departed on Tuesday after unloading 145 dry containers and 40 refrigerated containers.

She also unloaded eight cars, two 40-foot maffis containing assorted items, a 40-foot container of steel and an oxygen truck for King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.

Capt. Moore said the Norwegian freighter Trones was due to arrive at Penno's Wharf tomorrow with 11,000 tons of stone from Canada.

He said the ship would leave on Saturday because it took about 18 hours to discharge her cargo.

Photo By Dennis DeShields OOPS! -- The Royal Majesty almost lost one of her lifeboats when she left last Friday for her final trip from Bermuda to Boston for the season. After conducting life boat drills in St. George's Harbour, the boat second from left slipped from its rack. The crew returned the boat to its proper position shortly after.