Three More Danish Ships Sunk
(Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, February 16. Three more Danish steamers are reported to have been sunk. The Martin Goldschmidt (2095 tons) was lost off the North Coast of Scotland. It is believed that 15 of her crew were killed. Five were saved. The Sleipner and the Rhone were torpedoed off the East Coast. Six of the Sleipner's passengers and six of her crew were saved. Six of the Rhone's crew also were saved. The Italian steamer Giorgio Ohlsen J 4964 tons) was sunk by a mine off the East Coast of England. Seventeen members of the crew who numbered 32 were saved.
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Northern Advocate, 17 February 1940, Page 5
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