This hole in the hull of the British tanker Stanbridge is 6ft. wide and 10ft up from the waterline It was made when the vessel was bombed by aeroplanes at Gijon when carrying a thousand refugees from Spanish territory. The Stanbridge put into Falmouth for repairs on September 18.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 17, 13 October 1937, Page 8
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49This hole in the hull of the British tanker Stanbridge is 6ft. wide and 10ft up from the waterline It was made when the vessel was bombed by aeroplanes at Gijon when carrying a thousand refugees from Spanish territory. The Stanbridge put into Falmouth for repairs on September 18. Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 17, 13 October 1937, Page 8
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