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The Damage Sustained by H.M.S. Volage
On October 22nd, H.M. Saumarez and Volage were damaged by mines north-east of Corfu. Picture shows:- the damage sustained by H.M.S. Volage during the recent mining incident in the Mediterranean.
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Danish Freighter, Lexa Maersk
This is the first picture of the Danish freighter, Lexa Maersk, lying ablaze in her death-bed, at Tanjong Rhu, Singapore. She caught fire on Christmas day. It was brought to Ceylon by the ship's carpenter, Mr. Qualick Antonia, who arrived here by ...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The launch "Beira I" which capsized in the harbor last Tuesday with a number of port labourers was salvaged with the assistance of divers and the Harbour Engineers crane.
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Royal Navy Submarine, Sidon
The Royal Navy submarine, Sidon, recently sank at Portland Harbour, after an explosion. Thirteen of her crew were unaccounted for.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Seven dead in British Lightship Disaster. Seven members of the crew lost their lives when the South Goodwin lightship dragged her moorings and drifted on to the notorious Goodwin Sands off the Kent coast of England. The vessel struck the sands and...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The U-Boats strike. Three Allied cargo ships go to the bottom. And the U-boats which sank them close in to record the final moments. Televiewers will see these dramatic pictures, secret until now, on their television screens soon. They form part o...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Wrecked Swedish Freighter 'Heimdal'
An aerial view of the Swedish freighter "Heimdal", (7,000 tons D.W.), which was broken in two pieces by a recent storm in Baltic Sea. Heimdal, of Gothenburg, ran aground on the dangerous underwater rocks near the Landsort Lighthouse on the archipe...
The Times of Ceylon Press