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Carried Canadians, Norse Ship Sunk Next Trip, Authoritative shipping circles in New York said today that the 18,673-ton passenger liner Oslofjord, Nor(...)
Carried Canadians, Norse Ship Sunk Next Trip, Authoritative shipping circles in New York said today that the 18,673-ton passenger liner Oslofjord, Nor(...)

Carried Canadians, Norse Ship Sunk Next Trip, Authoritative shipping circles in New York said today that the 18,673-ton passenger liner Oslofjord, Nor(...)

Date12/13/1940
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Original Toronto Star caption: Carried Canadians; Norse Ship Sunk Next Trip; Authoritative shipping circles in New York said today that the 18;673-ton passenger liner Oslofjord; Norway's largst and finest ship; struck a mine and sank two days ago off Newcastle in the British Isles; according in the Associated Press.
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