SHIPS SUNK IN CHANNEL
TORPEDO AND COLLISION. SIXTEEN LIVES LOST. Australian and N.Z. Cabla Association. (Reed. 1.35 a.m.) LONDON. Jan. 30. The armed escort vessel Mechanician was torpedoed and subsequently stranded in the English Channel, on January 510, becoming a total wreck. Thirteen lives were lost. The torpedo-boat Hazard was sunk in the English Channel on January 29, as the result of a collision. Three of. the crew were lost. The Mechanician was a steel twin-screw steamer of 9044 tons, owned by the Charente Steamship Company, of Liverpool.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19180131.2.42.2
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16762, 31 January 1918, Page 6
Word Count
88SHIPS SUNK IN CHANNEL New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16762, 31 January 1918, Page 6
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.