NAVAL MINE-SWEEPERS
FOUR TRAWLERS & DRIFTER LOST VALUABLE WORK CONTINUES. KEEPING CLEAR APPROACHES TO PORTS. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, November 15. The Admiralty announces the loss of! five mine-sweepers, namely the trawlers Rinovia, Sevra, William, Wesney and Stella Orion and the drifter Girl Helen. There were no casualties on the Sevra and Stella Orion. A communique states: “Despite the enemy’s extension of mine warfare, our counter-measures continue to achieve great success in keeping clear the approaches to our ports.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 November 1940, Page 6
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84NAVAL MINE-SWEEPERS Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 November 1940, Page 6
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