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German armed merchant cruisers...

history · 25 November 1940 · 84 years ago

German armed merchant cruisers Orion and Komet stopped New Zealand ship Holmwood 500 miles east of New Zealand, capturing 17 crew, 12 passengers (civilians from the Chatham Islands), and 1,370 sheep. Holmwood was then sunk by gunfire, killing 1 horse. 

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