ESCAPE OF CREW
SUNKEN ALLIED SHIP SOLE REMAINING BOAT VICTIM OF JAP. U-BOAT (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Special Australian Correspondent.) (2.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, Aug. 15. The failure of a Japanese submarine's captain to examine the starboard side of an Allied merchant vessel allowed the crew to escape in the sole remaining lifeboat. The vessel was torpedoed off the coast of Australia, and the men were picked up 16 hours later. The attack was made at 2 a.m., the torpedo striking amidships. The port boat was blown away. The submarine came to the surface on the port side, but the crew made their escape on the starboard side. The ship sank in 15 minutes. In the morning the boat was sighted by an Allied plane, and later a launch picked up the
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20864, 17 August 1942, Page 5
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