THE ALBATROSS AN INFORMATION SHIP.
A PROTEST FROM SWEDEN. •* ifc * S "cotKhW Jul, 3. . The "Politiken" says the Albatross was acting as an information ship to the cruisers. She earned 225 men. Twenty-five shots struck her, and both masts fell. The vessel grounded a hundred yards from shore Twenty-seven were killed and thirty-three wounded > The Swedish authorities; have protested to Petrograd against the action being fought in Swedish waters. ■ rThe Alhatross was specially built in 1907 for mane-laying work. Sn P . has a speed ;of 20 knots and carries eight 21-pounder quick-firers.]
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXV, Issue 10713, 5 July 1915, Page 5
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92THE ALBATROSS AN INFORMATION SHIP. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXV, Issue 10713, 5 July 1915, Page 5
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