ADRIFT IN BOAT
SAILORS’ SUFFERINGS SURVIVORS OF TANKER LONDON, Nov. 20. Twelve .sailors from the 11,000-ton Norwegian tanker Arne Kjode, which was torpedoed by a German submarine on November 16, have been landed in England. They tell a story of hardship and suffering. Seventeen men got away in a small open boat after their Ship was torpedoed and were adrift for 55 hours until they were sighted by a British aeroplane, which sent a ship to the rescue. The boat capsized twice, and the first time the men lost all their food. For two days they lived on a few drops of water. When the boat capsized the second time the captain, a steward, and two seamen were drowned. The survivors were unable to right the boat and climb in again, so they clung to the side for live hours. They had almost given up hope when the British aeroplane arrived. Two hours later the rescue ship arrived. As the boatswain was being lifted aboard he died.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20101, 22 November 1939, Page 5
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167ADRIFT IN BOAT Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20101, 22 November 1939, Page 5
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