GERMAN SHIP LOST.
, . : T . /, i ! WRECKED AFTER SCUTTLING. INTERCEPTED BY WARSHIP. 9.: ■ , ... .V .. . i 7. k p (Received This Day, 9.10 a.in.) LONDON', Noyemer 22. i
Tlie Admiralty announces' that a British warship intercepted a German vessel, the Bertha Fisser, near Iceland. The Germans began to scuttle the vessel, after which they took to the boats, being picked up later. Tlie Reykjavik correspondent of tlie Associated Press says that the wreckage of a ship bearing the name Bertha Fisser is lying in two pieces on rocks outside Harnafjord harbour. She was shelled during a chase on Monday. The name “Ada of Bergen” was painted on her sides.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 37, 23 November 1939, Page 5
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