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1918(Mar 26) GB A.F.W. 3075 Honour envelope imprinted W299/M 1950 4/17. S. BROS. LD to England cancelled B.A.P.O. K located Kantara with violet framed DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER with shrinkage at right side water staining on reverse from sea water..S.S. Kingstonian sailing with men, equipment & supplies including a large quantity of mail loaded from Palestine & Egypt was on 11 April torpedoed & limped into Carlo Forte Bay, S. Pietro Is. off Sardinia beached herself & salvaged what was possible but the vessel was doomed.