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TORPEDOED & SUNK IN COURSE OF ESCORT DUTY. FAST AND MODERN SHIP. The Admiralty announces,, the 8.8. C. reports, that the cruiser Bonaventure was torpedoed and subsequeently sank, while acting as an escort to a convoy. The Bonaventure was completed since the war began, and was a ship of 5450 tons, carrying six 5.25 in. and eight 4in. guns. She had a speed of 32 .knots.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 April 1941, Page 5
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67BRITISH 'CRUISER Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 April 1941, Page 5
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