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DAMAGE TO BRITISH DESTROYER. SOME CASUALTIES CAUSED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON. April 20. “The German planes dived low over us, dropping a salvo of bombs.” said a member of the crew of the damaged British destroyer Eclipse, reported on Saturday to have been damaged by a near-miss bomb. "One burst alongside and caused some casualties. The Eclipse listed. A warship took off part of the crew and another warship took the Eclipse in tow."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 April 1940, Page 5
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76NEAR=MISS BOMB Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 April 1940, Page 5
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