RICH CARGO SAVED
■TORPEDOED ITALIAN SHIP. TONS OF LINEN UNDAMAGED. Twelve years after the sinking by a German submarine of the Italian steamer Ravenna returning from Argentina with stores and reservist troops from South America, divers have brought to the surface her valuable cargo. • Strangely enough, several thousand tons of linen cloth were found undamaged. The Ravenna was sunk when scarcely a quarter of a mile from the Italian port where she was to have ended the journey of 5000 miles. She was so close to harbour that people on the shore saw the submarine launch the fatal torpedo. Fishermen rescued the crew and troops.
The Ravenna was only one of a number of ships sunk by German submarines making their nest at the island of Gallinaria. Near her lies the Hyloniam, a 3000-ton freighter from San Francisco, loaded with 3000 barrels of oil, tobacco, typewriters, watches and six crates of
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1930, Page 7
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151RICH CARGO SAVED Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1930, Page 7
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