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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939

98 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 5

Sea Warfare British Steamer Sunk London

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1939 · page 3

The American steamer Farmer, radioed that it had rescued 29 members of the British steamer Kafiristan which was torpedoed in the…

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Sea Warfare British Steamer Attacked Survivors Reach Britain LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 September 1939 · page 3

Further attacks on shipping have been announced. It was stated that British steamer, City of Paris (10,900 tons) had been attacked…

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Russian Steamer Victim of Unknown Submarine London

National Advocate · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 5

A Russian steamship has been sunk by an unidentified submarine off the Estonian coast. The Estonian Foreign Minister…

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Steamer Sunk In English Channel LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 1

THE Netherlands steamer Binnedyk (6800 tons) was sunk in the English Channel early to-day. No loss of life is reported, and 41…

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Sinking of Swedish Steamer Evidence at Inquiry Stockholm

National Advocate · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 3

When the inquiry into the sinking of the Swedish [?] Gun which was sunk by a German submarine, was continued here, the second…

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Sea Warfare Netherlands Steamer Sunk in English Channel London

National Advocate · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 3

The Netherlands steamer Binnedyk (6800 tons) was sunk in the English Channel early to-day. No loss of life is reported and 41 members of the crew were landed by lifeboat, and are being cared for at an English port…

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Crew of Mined Finnish Steamer London

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 3

Twenty members of the crew of the Finnish steamer [?]ndra which struck a mine and sank off the Netherlands coast yesterday, arrived at a Netherlands port last night in a Swedish timber vessel. The first engineer was drowned and, six members of the crew…

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Flagless Steamer Is She a German Raider? San Jose (Costa Rico). Wed

National Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 3

A flagless steamer, apparently the Havelland was sighted off the Pacific coast leading to the belief that it may have turned raider or…

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Sea Warfare Norwegian Steamer Sunk Washington

National Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1939 · page 3

The entire ship's company of the Norwegian steamer. Lorentz W. Hancen, numbering 21. was saved after she was sunk by means unknown in…

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Finnish Steamer Seized by Germans Norwegian Vessel Sunk London

National Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1939 · page 3

A Finnish ship laden with timber has been seized by the Germans. A Norwegian vessel of 1900 tons has been sunk In the north Atlantic. It…

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Fate's Irony Escaped U-Boats But Was Wrecked LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 5

After safely crossing 7,000 miles of war-zone waters with a valuable cargo the Blue Star liner, Ionic Star. from South America, went aground in a…

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Through U-boat Zone Steamer's Arrival In Australia MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 2

A cargo steamer which has arrived safely in an Australian port was one of the sixteen vessels which were convoyed by destroyers after leaving…

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SEIZED U.S.A. Steamer Action by Secretary for State German Crew Released Washington

National Advocate · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 5

The determination of the American Government to follow the case of the City of F[?]int through to its conclusion was expressed by the Secretary for State (Mr.Coredell Hull). He admitted however that the American Ambassador to Moscow had seen unable to get any…

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Wreckage of U-boat London

National Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1939 · page 2

The Admiralty announces that the scattered wreckage of a German submarine has been discovered on the Goodwin Sands, off the coast of Kent…

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Sea Warfare Wreckage of U-boat French Discovery PARIS

National Advocate · Monday 30 October 1939 · page 1

French patrol ships found the bodies of officers and sailors in the wreckage of a German submarine. Apparently this was the submarine…

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Sea Warfare French Steamer Sunk London

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 November 1939 · page 3

A Finnish steamer has been sunk in the North Sea. 19 of the crew of 23 being landed in England by a Norwegian steamer…

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Last of the Square Riggers Heroic Rescue Recalled Wreck of Cambrian Chieftain

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 November 1939 · page 15

AN article on London's square rigged sailing ships during the last days of tall in the September number of "The P.L.A. Monthly,"…

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Fate of Sailors. Bodies Washed Ashore. Escaped from Submarine ? LONDON, Nov. 3

Leader · Monday 6 November 1939 · page 2

The bodies of five young German soldiers have been washed on the east coast. A German airman's cap was found at…

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French Steamer Chased by U-boat New York

National Advocate · Saturday 11 November 1939 · page 3

Two more messages were received in the United States from a French steamer that she had been chased by a submarine north of Bermuda…

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Sea Warfare British Steamer Founders Mystery Explosion LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 11 November 1939 · page 3

The British steamer Carnarvon Coast founded aft[?]r an explosion in the North S[?] in which two were killed a[?] [?]injured…

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