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MOTOR SHIP TIRRANNA THREE MONTHS OVERDUE MELBOURNE, Sept. 10. , The Minister pf the Navy (Mr A. G. Cameron) said he had known for about two months that the Norwegian motor ship Tirranha was overdue on , her voyage from Melbourne to Mombasa. It was feared that the Tirranna had been either captured or sunk by an enemy raider in the Indian Ocean, .v • The Tirranna carried a crew of 60 and 12 passengers, including Lieu-tenant-commander S. Rasmussen, who married a New Zealand girl only a few months before he sailed. Nothing has been heard of the vessel since she left Melbourne on May 30.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24400, 11 September 1940, Page 7
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106CAPTURED OR SUNK Otago Daily Times, Issue 24400, 11 September 1940, Page 7
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