AN UNWRITTEN LAW.
sinking of german ships: DESTRUCTION OF THE WALUSSI. (Received This Day, 11.0 a.m.) c CAPE TOWN, December 4. The captain of the German liner, Watussi, asked why he set fire to the steamer, instead of opening the seacocks, said he was taking no chances. It was an unwriten law that a captain never allows his command to fall into enemy hands. The Watussi’s crew, numbering 153, with 43 passengers, including 14 women and two children, were- landed at Cape Town. None perished. The German vessel Watussi, of 9500 tons, which slipped out of'Mozambique a few days ago, was intercepted by South African bombing aeroplanes south of Cape Point. After being ordered to proceed to Simonstown, she was set oil fire by her crew. The survivors were later picked up.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 47, 5 December 1939, Page 5
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132AN UNWRITTEN LAW. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 47, 5 December 1939, Page 5
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