ALL HANDS LOST
AUSTRALIAN MINESWEEPER SUNK COLLISION IN PORT PHILLIP BAY. ANNOUNCEMENT BY NAVY MINISTER. ißy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright! CANBERRA, November 21. The Minister of the Navy, Mr. Hughes, announced in the House of Representatives this afternoon that a mine-sweeper of 223 tons collided with a passenger vessel in a bay in Port Philip, Melbourne Harbour, last night. The mine-sweeper sank immediately with all hands, comprising the crew of 24, of whom three were officers and 21 petty officers and men.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 November 1940, Page 4
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80ALL HANDS LOST Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 November 1940, Page 4
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