Date24-Mar-1941
TypeSea Disaster
CountrySOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
Location750 miles off the African coast
ActivityThe troopship Britannia was sunk by the German raider Thor
InjuryDr. A.R. Hernandez of ship Cabo Hornos treated passenger whose leg was severed by a shark
Victimmale, Male
SourceNY Times, 4/4/1941
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