German Minelayer Strikes Mine
SIXTEEN BELIEVED MISSING OTHER SHIPPING CASUALTIES Received Sunday, 9.20 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 26. A Copenhagen message says tho Germon minelayer struck a mine and sank in the minebelt near the Danish island of Langeland. Several of the crew were saved but 15 or 16 aro believed to be missing. Five were injured by a fire which destroyed the new Holland-America liner Sloterdyk (10,000 tons) lying at Obense shipya rd. One workman was burnt to death. Germany seized the cellulose-laden Finnish steamer Britaanic off the Swedish coast of the Baltic. Tho German steamer Britzen ran aground on Schierraonnikoog Island. Two hundred and fifty German passengers were interned when the Italian liner Neptunis arrived at Marseilles. German mailbags were also seized. Seven additional survivors of the Arlington Court, which was sunk by a U-boat on November 20, have been landed at a Kent port.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 280, 27 November 1939, Page 7
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