MISSING DANISH SHIP.
SEARCH TO BE BEGUN. SOUTH ATLANTIC EXPEDITION. Australian and. N.Z. Press Association. (Received May 2-3, 11.55 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, May 22. The Danish Government has arranged for the Danish motor-ship Mexico to leave Rio de Janeiro in the middle of June to search the South Atlantic for the missing barque Koebenhavn. The Mexico will carry sufficient fuel for a three months' voyage. She will tako a zigzag course and encompass all islets. The vessel will be commanded by Captain Christensen, commander of the Koebenhavn.
A cablegram from Copenhagen, on March 13, stated: Intense anxiety is being felt concerning the fito of tho Koebenhavn, a steel five-masted barque of 3901 tons, the world's largest sailing ship, which lias 70 cadets on board. She left Buenos Aires on December 12 for Australia and she has not been heard of since then. Some of the most prominent families in Denmark are affected. The Koebenhavn was rated at Lloyd's as a steamer, as she had an auxiliary engine and a screw, as well as a sailing vessel. She was built in 1921 by Ramage and Ferguson. Ltd.. of Leith, and is owned by the Atlantic-East Asiatic Company of Copenhagen, after which city she was named. She was 368 ft. in length and carried wireless.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20263, 24 May 1929, Page 11
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212MISSING DANISH SHIP. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20263, 24 May 1929, Page 11
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