Her sea valves open and her deck ablaze from stem to stern, the palatial German liner Columbus is pictured about 400 mile* off Cape May, in the Atlantic Ocean, after her captain Wilhelm Daehne ordered her scuttling rather than let the vessel fall into the hands of the British. The photograph was taken by a* member of the Columbus' crew from one of the twenty-two lifeboats that pulled away from the smoking liner. The 579 survivors were picked up by the U.S. cruiser Tuscaloosa and brought to New York.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 3
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89Her sea valves open and her deck ablaze from stem to stern, the palatial German liner Columbus is pictured about 400 mile* off Cape May, in the Atlantic Ocean, after her captain Wilhelm Daehne ordered her scuttling rather than let the vessel fall into the hands of the British. The photograph was taken by a* member of the Columbus' crew from one of the twenty-two lifeboats that pulled away from the smoking liner. The 579 survivors were picked up by the U.S. cruiser Tuscaloosa and brought to New York. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 3
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