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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...speculations as to the possible escape of the crew by means of parachutes or a desperate forced landing, all hopes of saving the ship or its crew ceased when on the ninth or tenth day from the date of departure the body of the commander, Lieutenant du Plessis de Granadan was found in Sicilian waters by the net of a fisherman. No log among the few papers in his pockets, the failure of any carrier pigeons to return, a gleam of light seen off the coast of Sicily about the time that de Granadan's watch stopped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dixmude | 1/7/1924 | See Source »

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