The amazing story of Felix Von Luckner

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Date
1978-02-07
By
Titchener, Paul, 1941-
Description

Part 1 of the Felix Von Luckner story. Von Luckner's ancestry and young manhood. After the outbreak of WW1 he captains the 'Seeadler'and sinks 14 Allied ships. On 2 August 1917 the 'Seeadler'strands on Mopelia Island in the Society Islands. Von Luckner and 6 others sail a lifeboat from Mopelia Island, planning to capture a schooner in the Cook Islands, or on to Fiji.

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Source
North Shore Times Advertiser, p. 12
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Auckland Libraries

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