THREE MORE SHIPS LOST
(Received January 25, 1 p.m.)
LONDON, January 24,
The Norwegian steamer Sydfold (2433 tons) was sunk by a mine or torpedo off the Scottish coast. Oslo reports that a steamer picked up. 19 of the crew of the Sydfold. Another ship is believed to, have picked up the remainder of the crew.
Another Norwegian vessel, the Miranda (1328 tons) sank in the North Sea after an explosion. Seventeen members of the crew are reported to be safe. Two others were found dead on a raft, and twelve are missing.
Hope has been abandoned dior the steam trawler Newhaven, which failed to return from the fishing grounds and may have struck a mine. One member of the crew left a family of ten and another a family of' nine.
An Amsterdam message says that the German steamer* which went aground on the west coast of Jutland and whose captain refused help, is the Claus Rickmers (5165 tons), laden with ore from Narvik (Norway). She was driven off her course in a snowstorm.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 21, 25 January 1940, Page 11
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