STRUCK MINE.
BRITISH LINER. j Vessel Limps to Port in France. SPANISH WAR INCIDENT. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 1.30 p.m.) MARSEILLES, February 25. The L nion Castle liner Llandovery Castle (10,600 tons), en route to Marseilles from Gibraltar, with 300 passengers on board, struck a mine off Cape Cerbere, where the FrancoSpanish frontier joins the coast, resulting in an explosion forward.
The ship listed heavily. Flooding threatened in Xo. 1 and Xo. 2 holds. She hove-to outside Port Vendres, which she reached under her own steam.
Launches are standing by to take off her passengers if it is necessary.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1937, Page 7
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