Zanzibar in WW2 History | World War II Database

5 May 1942

Kenya

Passenger-cargo ship Tilawa ran aground at Zanzibar and was not refloated for 8 days, after much of her cargo had been transferred to lighters. ww2dbase [Tilawa | Zanzibar | DS]

13 May 1942

Kenya

Passenger-cargo ship Tilawa was refloated at Zanzibar having run aground 8 days earlier. ww2dbase [Tilawa | Zanzibar | DS]

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