ATOM BOMB TEST SHIP SINKS
NEW YORK, Jan. 8. The former German cruiser Prinz Eugen, whieh survived both atomic explosion tests at Bikini, suddenly sank on December 16. It is believed the atomic explosic-n Ioosened the Prinz Eugen's stern plates. She makes the fourth large warship sunk by the under-water atomic test. Tlie others were the Arkansas, the Nagato and the Saratoga.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5298, 10 January 1947, Page 5
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62ATOM BOMB TEST SHIP SINKS Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5298, 10 January 1947, Page 5
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