U.S. Merchantman Sunk In Indian Ocean
Rec. 11.30 p.m. New York, Aug. 24. The Navy Department at Washington announces that a medium-sized United States merchantman was torpedoed and sunk late in June in the Indian Ocean. Survivors landed at an east coast port. A San Salvador message states that a lifeboat containing 23 survivors of the Swedish steamer Hammeren arrived, three being wounded. Five 'of t-ie crew are missing. The survivors are positive that submarines are being serviced and supplied by a surface raider.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 August 1942, Page 3
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