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On Tues. 21 may 1940 An official British Admiralty communiqu_ noted tha.....

1940-05-21

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An official British Admiralty communiqu_ noted that "the Secretary of the Admiralty regrets to announce that as the result of damage sustained through striking an uncharted rock off the Norwegian coast, HMS Effingham (Captain JM Howson, RN), has become a total loss".

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