American Company Charters Foreign Steamer New York, November 14
The Black Diamond Line is the first in the United States to charter a foreign vessel with a foreign crew to trade in the combat zone. The line…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
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German Steamer Seized London, November 16
A British cruiset seized the German steamer Leander, off the west coast of England. The crew has [?]een [?] and inte[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Out-distances Submarine Balboa, November 15
On arrival here the captain of the Mataroa, which, last week reported that she had been chased by a sub-marine, said that the submarine,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Seas. Steamer Blown Up. LONDON, Thursday night
Nine men, including the skipper, were drowned when the steamer "Woodtown" was blown up by an explosion and sank within a minute…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Strikes Mine. Nine of Crew Drowned LONDON--Nov. 15
Nine men, including the skipper, were drowned when the steamer "Woodtown" was blown up by an explosion and sank within a minute,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pocket Battleship Sank Steamer London, November 18
The Cape Town correspondent of “The Times” states that the identity of the German raider which sank the tanker Africa Shell near Lourenco…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Captured German Steamer Taken to Scottish Port London, November 18
Captured last month, the German steamer Gloria, with 5000 tons of cargo aboard, including wheat, has been taken to a Scottish port with a prize…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germans Detain Finnish Steamer Helsinki, November 25
The Germans have seized and taken one of their ports the Finnish steamer Anton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Steamer Sunk London, November 28
The British steamer Usmusk was sunk to-day by the Germans. Three members of the crew are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer May Become a Total Wreck Wellington (N.z.)
The cargo steamer Waiko[?], 3926 tons, struck the rocks of Dog Island near the Bluff last night and Is still hard and fast. The vessel may become…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How Disguised German Steamer Outwitted British Cruisers SYDNEY
To be on a disguised German ship which passed two British warships without being able to expose the deception was just one of the many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Almost Split by Explosion Whole of Crew Saved London, November 30
Thirty-eight members of the crew of the Liverpool steamer Ionian, which was sunk off the east coast early yesterday morning, have been landed at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Steamer Mined London, December 4
The British steamer Eskdene was sunk by a mine to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Steamer Captured Capetown, December 6
It is officially announced that British warships have captured the German liner Ussukuma off the African coast. The crew made an ineffective…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Germans Seize Lithuanian Steamer London, December 6
A German warship to-day seized a 9000 ton Lithuanian steamer in the Baltic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Danish Steamer Mined London, December 6
The Danish steamer Overoft struck a mine in the North Sea and was sunk. Six of the crew of 26 are missing. The steamer Huntsman is missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dutch Steamer Torpedoed London, December 7
It has been reported that the Dutch steamer, Tarjandoen, has been torpedoed while en route to Java with general cargo. The ship carried 68…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipwrecked Twice Dutch Crew's Experience Landed in State of Great Exhaustion London, December 8
Survivors of the Dutch vessel Tajandoen, which was torpedoed in the English Channel yesterday, were landed at a Channel port…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War on the Sea More Merchantmen Sunk 44 Lives Believed Lost German Steamer Captured London, December 9
Three merchantmen and a German coastal cutter are the latest victims of the mine and U-boat warfare. Forty-four lives are believed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bomb in German Steamer Riga; December 11
The steamer Sierra Cordoba, carrying 1200 repatriated Germans, returned to port after the discovery of an incendiary bomb hidden in the cargo…
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