THE WAR AT SEA.
. MORE SHIPS SUNK. BRITISH TRAWLER LOST. (British Official Wireless.) Received April 23, 9.40 a.m. RCeJiY, April 22. It is officially announced that the British trawler which was enemy air activity at Namsos was the Rutlandshire.. All"the crew were 6aved. The Bravorc sank after an explosion off the south-east coast of England, states a Press Association report. Four of the crew were saved and 20 are missing. A Rotterdam message says that the Beiniase has been sunk off the Norwegian coast. The crew were saved. Amsterdam states that a German ’plane machine-gunned the Dutch trawler Erin in the North Sea. The skipper stated that the ship’s colours were plainly visible.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 123, 23 April 1940, Page 7
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113THE WAR AT SEA. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 123, 23 April 1940, Page 7
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