yesterday for three weeks of oceanographic work east of Bermuda. The RV Knorr , the premier workhorse for advanced oceanography, will join the Cory Cheust which is on charter to the US Navy. Their work has been classified as secret by the Navy but it is understood to involve acoustic testing, possibly of the ocean bottom. Meyer Agencies, local representative of the Knorr , said the ship arrived in Bermuda last Wednesday and in the following days took on new scientists and equipment. The 245-foot ship is scheduled to return on August 3.

*** Two stowaways from Santo Domingo were kept under lock and key aboard a Shell tanker last week while she was berthed at Dockyard. The stowaways, both teenagers, became known to the ship's crew as she steamed toward Bermuda. A local security firm was hired to maintain watch on the stowaways so the ship could conform to regulations preventing them from landing on the Island.

Stowaways are not as great a problem for Bermuda as they were a few years ago.

Ships, particularly those out of Santo Domingo, are routinely searched for illegal passengers.

One reliable source told The Royal Gazette that a stowaway was caught by Police last week after a St. George's resident reported stolen clothes from his clothesline.

It is possible the man was aboard Eburna and slipped off the ship as she dispensed fuel at the Esso pier in Ferry Reach. A set of wet clothes was found in the area after the man's arrest.

John S. Darrell said the Eburna sailed for Aruba on Sunday.

*** A seaman from the Liberian-flagged ship, Rossini , was recovering in King Edward VII Memorial Hospital this week. The man, believed to be in his 40s, suffered a broken jaw. His injury was serious enough by Saturday to have a US Navy helicopter fly 50 miles offshore to the passing freighter and brought to land.

The helicopter landed on the 561-foot ship to effect the transfer.

*** In other docksider news, Harnett & Richardson said the paper ship Orinoco Abitibi was scheduled to berth in Hamilton last night to deliver 360 cubic metres of newsprint.

The German-flagged vessel is to sail today for Santo Domingo.

Container Ship Management reported the arrival of the Oleander on Sunday with 148 dry containers, 42 refrigerator containers, a car, a Bobcat loader, a tractor and a 40-foot platform with miscellaneous goods. She sailed on Monday.

Meyer Agencies reported the Bermuda Islander in port on Monday with 64 dry containers and six refrigerator containers. She returned to New Jersey on Tuesday.

Meyer also reported the sailing of the research vessel Columbus on Monday from St. George's. The ship, which took on scientists in Bermuda, works for the University of Miami.

*** Cruise ships continued to report huge passenger loads, in many instances exceeding their reported capacities.

Meyer said the Horizon , capacity 1,354, was in port with 1,588 -- her biggest load of the season.

Her sister ship, the Meridian , arrived at her Dockyard pier on Tuesday with 1,260 passengers.

Kloster's Dreamward was in port on Monday with 1,402.

John S. Darrell's Song of America also exceeded her reported capacity of 1,412 with a passenger load of 1,452.

AT REST -- The research vessel Knorr at Penno's Wharf in St. George's this week.