DECLARED DANGEROUS
FURTHER AREAS IN MEDITERRANEAN ' (British Official Wirelessl (Rec. 1.10 p.m.) Rugby, May 16. The British Government has given notice that limited areas in the Mediterranean which had been declared dangerous to shipping in February and April 1941. have been extended to include all waters eastward of a line drawn from Ras El Kanais on the Egyptian coast east of Matruh to a point about three miles from Cap Khelidonia in Turkey, with the exception of Turkish territorial waters. Any vessels sail- j ing in these areas without the permission of the British naval authorities do! so at their own risk and peril. The l area encloses the eastern Mediterranean t from a line drawn between these twr. points to the Syrian coast.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 17 May 1941, Page 6
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124DECLARED DANGEROUS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 17 May 1941, Page 6
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