Spectrum 346. At 1435 hours fired four torpedoes

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Year
1980
Reference
21769
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1980
Reference
21769
Media type
Audio
Categories
Documentary radio programs
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:36:31
Broadcast Date
01 Nov 1980
Credits
RNZ Collection
Owen, Alwyn (b.1926), Presenter
Alley, Herbert (Bert) Forbes, Interviewee
Edge, Spencer, Interviewee

A Spectrum documentary programme introduced by Alwyn Owen.

Two survivors, Spencer Edge and Bert Alley, recall the torpedoing of the ship 'Jason' (also known as the Jantzen) on the Greek Peloponnese coast on 9 December 1941. It was torpedoed by the HMS Porpoise.

The Jantzen, carrying prisoners of war, was on its way to Italy. Hundreds of prisoners were killed.