PIRATE OF THE AIR.
BRITISH STEAMER SUNK. ATTACKED BY SEAPLANE. A. end S.Z. Cable AsKx-ialion and Renter. LONDON, May 2. The Admiralty reports that the British steamship Gena (2784 tons) was sunk on Tuesday by a torpedo discharged from a German seaplane, off Aldeburgh, south of Lowestoft, on the East Coast. All aboard were saved. The Gena's gunfire brought down another seaplane associated with the attack, and the occupants were taken prisoner. Renter's TiUyrami. (Received May 4, 8.53 a.m.) LONDON, May 3. The seaplane which was damaged by the Gena's fire was towed to land.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue IV, 4 May 1917, Page 7
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