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SEARCH FOR ADMIRAL KARPFANGER NO NEWS SINCE MARCH may have struck iceberg By Telegraph —Press Association. Copyright. (Recd This Day, 12.50 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The German steamer Leuna has been ordered to proceed to Europe from Port Adelaide via Cape Horn and to seal ch for the Admiral Karpfanger en route. The Admiral Karpfanger was last reported on March 1, 250 miles east of the Auckland Islands. The steamer Durham, which left Wellington on March 18, for London, via Cape Horn, and which has arrived in Sydney, reports sighting huge icebergs during that voyage. The crew believe that the Admiral Karpfanger may have struck an iceberg and foundered. The Admiral Karpfanger, owned by the Hamburg Amerika Line, is overdue on a voyage from Port Germein.l South Australia to Germany. She was last reported off Cape Horn. Although Lloyds broadcast a message on July 5 to all ships asking for news of the ship, the owners, according to a recent message, were confident that the vessel was safe. They pointed out that sailing ships were often forced by the wind to keep away from steamer tracks.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 July 1938, Page 8
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