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MV Dunedin Star

A Ventura bomber of the South African Air Force, therefore, was sent from Cape Town to drop supplies on the beach for the survivors.

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In an effort to preserve the lives of the passengers and the valuable cargo, Captain Lee elected to ground the ship on the beach, 80 km south of the Cunene River mouth.

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MV Dunedin Star I was a Blue Star Line ship that ran aground on the Skeleton Coast of Namibia on November 29, 1942 while carrying passengers and cargo from Liverpool to Saldanha Bay, South Africa and to Aden and Egypt.

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