MATAROA’S ESCAPE.
CHASED BY A SUBMARINE. SUPERIOR SPEED TELLS. BALBOA, November 15. The master of the Mataroa (Captain W. H. P. Jackson), who reported sighting a submarine south-east of the Bermudas on November 7, said on arrival here that the submarine, travelling in the same direction as the Matroa, came to the surface 2) miles away. He immediately changed his course and ordered full steam ahead, thus putting the submarine astern. Two guns were manned and the passengers were ordered to their boat stations. They watched the chase calmly. The Mataroa was doing 15 knots, and had the submarine seven miles astern within an hour. The captain said he had orders not to fire unless he was attacked. It was left to the captain’s discretion whether a pursuit constitutes an attack. The crew joked and took bets on the probability of the submarine firing. Miss E. E. Parsons, head teacher at the Fairton School, booked; as a -passenger on the Mataroa.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 32, 17 November 1939, Page 5
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