PRESUMED LOST
TWO BRITISH CRAFT DANISH SHIP MINED (Reed. Dec. 30, 9 a.m.) LONDON. Dec. 29. The owners announce that the steamer Moortoft is several days overdue and is presumed lost with all 13 of the crew.
A naval trawler with a crew of 15 is also presumed lost. The Danish vessel Hanne was sunk by a mine off the north-east coast with a crew of 15. The number rescued Is not known. A lifeboat fbund one of the ship’s boats floating upsidedown.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20133, 30 December 1939, Page 5
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83PRESUMED LOST Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20133, 30 December 1939, Page 5
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