 "Etruria" then made sail and "William Cliff" took her in tow; the ships headed for Horta, in the Azores, which were 500 miles to the south-east of her stricken position.She arrived in the Azores on Sunday, 9 March, and on the 15th her passengers and mail were transferred onto the steamship , which had been chartered for the task on the 10th.It was summer 1902 before "Etruria" was repaired and back in service, but in October, after a particularly rough Atlantic crossing, her propeller shaft again showed serious cracks and she was taken out of service and waited in New York for yet another new shaft to be sent over and installed.