SUNK AT ANCHORAGE
SWEDISH DESTROYERS SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS STOCKHOLM, Sept. 17. A succession of explosions sank two Swedish destroyers and seriously damaged another at their anchorage south of Stockholm. The destroyers were the Goteborg, Klashom, and Klasuggla. Following the explosions, which the Aftonbladet states were caused by a mishap with a torpedo, fire developed, and the ammunition exploded on all three ships, It is officially stated that 31 were killed and 11 injured. The rescuers were hampered by flaming oil.
Britain Pays Compensation Tire Swiss radio stated that Britain paid Switzerland £67,000. as compensation for damage British planes recently caused over Renan.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24716, 19 September 1941, Page 5
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