MOTOR SHIP'S FATE
NORWEGIAN STEAMER. Feared Victim Of Raider In Indian Ocean. United Press Association.—Copyright (Reed. 12.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The Minister of the Navy, Mr. A. G. Cameron, said he had known for about two months that the Norwegian mdtor ship Tirranna was overdue on the voyage from Melbourne to Mombasa, the chief port of Kenya colony. It is feared that the Tirranna was eitl.er captured or sunk by an enemy raider in the Indian Ocean. The ship curried a crew of GO and 12 passengers, including Lieut.-Commander S. Rasmussen, who married a New Zealand girl only a few months before sailing. Nothing has been heard of the vessel since it left Melbourne on May 30.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 215, 10 September 1940, Page 8
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