GREEK SHIP LOST.
EXPLOSION OFF COAST.
(Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON", April S. Twenty-nine members of the crew, of which five were taken to hospital, were landed after an explosion which sank the Greek ship Okeania (4543 tons) on the south-east coast. The chief engineer is missing. The Okeania, which was travelling in ballast from Rotterdam to Buenos Ay res, is believed to have been mined.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 84, 9 April 1940, Page 7
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65GREEK SHIP LOST. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 84, 9 April 1940, Page 7
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