Honouring the Men who gave their lives whilst serving in the Merchant Navy
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
S.S. DWINSK
WW1
WW1
The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.) 27-6-1918
NAVAL OPERATIONS
BRITISH TRANSPORT TORPEDOED.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE MEN ADRIFT.
NEW YORK, June 25.
The New York "Evening Sun" states that the British transport Dwinsk, 8,173 tons, has been torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in American waters. Seventeen survivors have arrived at New York, but 145 other men are adrift in small boats. The Dwinsk was attacked 700 miles to tho east of Delaware Cape. It is reported that there were no troops on board.
The Register (Adelaide, (S.A.) 1-7-1918
Eight Days of Misery,
MONTREAL.. June 28.
A message from. Halifax states that a boatload of shipwrecked sailors from the steamer Dwinsk has arrived. The vessel was torpedoed off the American coast. They were not picked up at sea, and drifted for eight days. They were starving when they landed.
NAVAL OPERATIONS
BRITISH TRANSPORT TORPEDOED.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE MEN ADRIFT.
NEW YORK, June 25.
The New York "Evening Sun" states that the British transport Dwinsk, 8,173 tons, has been torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in American waters. Seventeen survivors have arrived at New York, but 145 other men are adrift in small boats. The Dwinsk was attacked 700 miles to tho east of Delaware Cape. It is reported that there were no troops on board.
The Register (Adelaide, (S.A.) 1-7-1918
Eight Days of Misery,
MONTREAL.. June 28.
A message from. Halifax states that a boatload of shipwrecked sailors from the steamer Dwinsk has arrived. The vessel was torpedoed off the American coast. They were not picked up at sea, and drifted for eight days. They were starving when they landed.