ARMED MERCHANTMAN SCORES
* (United Press Association.—Copyright.) i. (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, July 30. It is officially announced that a raider in the South Atlantic s . was damaged in an engagement with H.M.S. Alcantara, a former Royal Mail Line vessel of 22,209 tons. The raider escaped after ■ the Alcantara’s speed had been reduced by a lucky shot. The , British casualties were two killed and seven wounded. It is known that the damage to the raider effefts her fighting efficiency. The damage to the Alcantara was slight. Search for the raider is continuing. J" Immediately upon sighting the raider, which was a fast, converted merchantman mounting four guns on each broadside, the Alcantara engaged the enemy, which turned away when hit, using smoke floats. Captain J. G. Ingram, D. 5.0., commanded the Alcantara. A message from Rio de Janiero states that the British Embassy announced that the Alcantara engaged a German raider at : 92Q0 yards off Ilha Trinidats, 700 miles in an easterly direction from the coast of Brazil, on Monday. The Alcantara, which was slightly damaged, is expected at Rio this afternoon.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 252, 1 August 1940, Page 5
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