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SHIP TORPEDOED BY SUBMARINE PORTISHEAD RADIO PICKS UP S.O.S. [By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright] LONDON, Feb. 2J. Portishead Radio has picked up an S.O.S. from a ship with the call-sign PECC. The position was given as 32 degrees 10 minutes north and 37 degrees 45 minutes west (mld-Atlan-tic), the message stating that the ship was torpedoed by a submarine and was sinking. The call-sign, which is not recorded in the marine registers, resembles the signs allocated to the Dutch, but Lloyd’s state it is not Dutch. They are investigating the possibility that it may be Swedish. There is also the possibility of an S.O.S. from the British tanker Pecten, which left Trinidad on February 8 and is due at Southampton on February 27.
LINER REACHES SPOT
NO SIGN OF WRECKAGE Received Feb. 23, 9.30 p.m. LONDON, Feb. 23. A New York message states that the S.O.S. was picked up by an American ship and relayed to a nearby radio station. It cannot be determined from the records whether the vessel is the Dutch Flandria or the Belgian Flandres. The Empress of Australia, which was closest to the position given by wireless, reached the spot tonight (Wednesday), but reported no sign of wreckage.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 46, 24 February 1939, Page 7
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