THREE SHIPS MINED
MORE NEUTRAL CASUALTIES. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. AMSTERDAM. December 22. The Italian ship Comitas (3482 tons) was mined in the North Sea and towed to Flushing. Thirty of the crew, some of them wounded, reached shore by the boats. The Vega, carrying gold, was mined and sunk. Six of the crew were wounded. All were rescued. The Swedish steamer Adolf Bratt 11323 tons), bound for Rotterdam from Gothenburg, was sunk by a mine. Five members of the crew were killed.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 December 1939, Page 5
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83THREE SHIPS MINED Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 December 1939, Page 5
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