Swedish Steamer Mined London
The Swedish steamer P[?]tria was mined and sunk in the North Sea, but only four survivors of the crew of 21 were landed at a Swedish port. WISHFUL THINKING…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940
130 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 7
Captain Arrested Wreck of Jugoslav Destroyer London
The French wireless states that the captain of the Jugoslav destroyer, Ljubljana, which struck a reef at Sebenico and sank, has been taken…
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DAR-ES-SALAAM (Taganyika), Sunday.—Twenty-two natives, formerly members of the crew of the German steamer Askari, said to-day that…
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The Danish steamer Vidar was mined and sunk in the North Sea, and 15 members of the crew of 25 are stated to be lost…
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A small British steamer was torpedced off Corunna. There is no news of the crew…
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An explosion off the coast of Seetland sank the steamer Final The crew was saved…
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Eight survivors from the steamer Vidar, who were landed at Stavanger (Norway), stated that the ship was bombed from the air and not mined…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sea Survivors Story of Five Days' Ordeal 13 Frozen to Death In Lifeboat "Men Going Mad and Dying" London
That a torpedoed ship's racing propeller cut a lifeboat in two was told to-day in an Irish West Coast hospital By Able Seaman Michael…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck of Fitzroy Recalled
Mr. Olaf Johansen, who died in Sydney recently, was one of the three survivors of the ill-fated Fitzroy, which, loaded with cattle, etc., from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Mined Toll of Merchant Seamen London
The steamer Mary Dawn struck a mine and sank in the North Sea. All 29 members of the crew were landed at an east coast head, but one died…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Mined Rescues in English Channel Collision in Fog. London
The steamer Gallia struck a mine off the south-east coast, but remained afloat and lifeboat men helped to tow her to a safe anchorage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Strikes Mine 300 Chinese Believed Dead Foochow
Seven Chinese survivors who have struggled to Foochow have revealed that a 100-ton coastal steamer struck a mine in the mouth of the Min River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holland Seethes U-boat Torpedoes Steamer Cargo of Wheat and Flour Amsterdam
Holland seethes at the torpedoing of the steamer Burgerdijk. A U-boat stopped her and then torpedoed her without giving a reason. The owners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shipwrecked on Birthday
Lady Willindon, who is visiting Australia with Lord Willingdon, former Viceroy of India, confessed that she had once been blamed for a shipwreck…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →German Crew Picked Up From Scuttled Freighter Burning Wreck a Menace Rio De Janiero
Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Harwood announces that a British patrol ship picked up the crew of the German freighter Wakama after the Germans…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fifth U-boat Sunk British Destroyer's Feat Norwegian Steamer and Crew Saved Neutrals Angry Over Attacks LONDON
The destruction of the fifth U-boat since February 9 and the saving of a Norwegian steamer by a British warship is related by the survivors of the Norwegian steamer Snestad, which was sunk by a U-boat. Anger and rsentment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German "Hell Ship" Run Ashore Brilliant Work by Royal Navy More Than 300 Prisoners Freed After Stiff Battle Survivors of Graf Spee Victims Norway Protests Against Action in Territorial Waters LONDON
Hunted by the British Navy day and night since the scuttling of the Graf Spee, the infamous Nazi "hell ship" Altmarck, of 15,000 tons, was forced ashore in a Norwegian fjiord by a British destroyer, and between 300 and 400 prisoners released. These prisoners Comprised members of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German "Hell Ship" Run Ashore 300 British Prisoners Freed
Hunted by the British Navy day and night since the scuttling of the Graf Spee, the infamous Nazi "hell ship" Altmarck, of 15,000 tons, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stranded Steamer Navigation Lights Blamed Sydney
At the commonwealth Court of Marine inquiry to-day into the stranding of the Merkur on a reef off the Northern Territory on January 15, evidence…
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The steamer Royal Archer was mined off the Scottish coast. It is believed that the vessel sank while efforts were being made to tow it to…
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