MINESWEEPER LOST WITH ALL HANDS: The Australian minesweeper Goorangai (right), which sank within two and a-half minutes of a collision with a large merchant vessel near Melbourne on the night of November 20, when both ships were running blacked-out. All 24 members of the crew perished. Left: All that was visible of the Coorangai, where she sank in 50ft. of water.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23830, 4 December 1940, Page 6
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61MINESWEEPER LOST WITH ALL HANDS: The Australian minesweeper Goorangai (right), which sank within two and a-half minutes of a collision with a large merchant vessel near Melbourne on the night of November 20, when both ships were running blacked-out. All 24 members of the crew perished. Left: All that was visible of the Coorangai, where she sank in 50ft. of water. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23830, 4 December 1940, Page 6
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