STEAMER TORPEDOED
SHELLING OF LIFEBOATS (United F’ress Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received June 18, noon) CAPETOWN, June 17 The Yugoslav steamer Supertat was torpedoed on June 13 in the Mozambique Channel, 100 miles south of Beira. The first officer said a torpedo struck the Supertat, then the submarine came to the surface and fired two more torpedoes and also shelled the ship and lifeboats, killing seven members of the crew and wounding the captain and three men. Twenty-three survivors have arrived at Capetown.
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Waikato Times, Volume 131, Issue 21758, 18 June 1942, Page 3
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