MISSING SAILING SHIP.
SPOKEN IN DECEMBER.
MESSAGE SENT BY WIRELESS
Australian and N.Z. Press Association. COPENHAGEN, April IS
It is learned that the steamer William Blumer last spoke by wireless to the missing sailing ship Koebenhavn on December 20 in latitude 35-5 degrees south and 34 degrees west.
The Danish, ship Kocbeuhavn, -which is the largest sailing vessel in the world, has not been heard of since she spoke the William Blumer, a steamer of 5604 tons owned by C. H. Soreasen, o£ Arendal, Norway. * The Koebenhavn has 70 cadets on board. She was oci her way to Australia, and when spoken by the William Blumer was in the South Atlantic, off the Argentine coast.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20235, 20 April 1929, Page 13
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