THINKS KOBENHAVN SANK
FORMER CAPTAIN MAKES FUTILE SEARCH ENGINE-ROOM EXPLOSION (Australian and X.Z. Press Association) Reed. 9.5 a.m. CAPETOWN, Thurs. The chief officer of the search-ship Mexico, who previously was skipper of the lost barque Kobenhavn, considers that when the Kobenhavn drifted and passed Tristan da Cunha on January 21, an explosion had occurred in the engine-room, which was situated abaft, blowing out the stern post. The islanders watched the vessel drifting for three hours. It was inexplicable why they had failed to put out. He presumed it was the first time they saw the sailer. Captain Christensen accepts the theory that the Kobenhavn sank near Tristan da Cunha. where the sea is very deep. He believes the cadets were taken off.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 719, 19 July 1929, Page 9
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