One Chinese, a British subject, was killed when Nationalist planes machine-gunned the decks of the sinking Thorpeness after she had been bombed today.
The Harbour Master who witnessed the bombing said the Nationalist plane circled over the Thorpeness several times and bombed the ship flush in the centre. The ship was said to have sunk within ten minutes during which the Spanish plane strafed the sinking decks, Captain Kermode he was un. able to save the ship's papers "because the raiders machine-gunned the bridge,"
The Captain said some members of the crew were in life belts three hours before being rescued by har-hour launches.
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