STEAMERS SUNK
SURVIVORS LANDED IN BRITAIN NUMBER OF SEAMEN MISSING. BRITISH AIRMEN PICKED UP. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day. 10.20 p.m.) LONDON. December 19. The City of Kobe was sunk in the North Sea. it is believed by a torpedo. Five British and thirteen Indian members of the crew were landed on the East Coast. Ten British seamen and forty-two Indians are missing. The survivors revealed that German planes unsuccessfully bombed and machine-gunned the vessel at the weekend. Survivors from the Danish steamer Jytte. which is believed to have been sunk in the North Sea. landed on the North-Eeast coast. One man was admitted to hospital. A naval trawler landed at a NorthEast coast port four British airmen picked up from a collapsible boat. It is believed that they participated in the Heligoland battle yesterday and that their plane was forced down owing to lack of fuel. An Oslo message states that the survivors of the Norwegian ship Glitrefjell (1568 tons), which was sunk in the North Sea, have arrived at a Scottish port. Five of the crew are missing
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 December 1939, Page 7
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181STEAMERS SUNK Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 December 1939, Page 7
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