AUXILIARY SUNK
138 Survivors Picked Up By Spanish Ships landing at neutral, port Rec. 12.30 p.m. RUGBY, July 17. The Admiralty lias announced that H.M.S. Lady Somers, an auxiliary vessel of the fleet, lias been sunk. Of the total complement of 175 officers and men, 13S survivors have been picked up by Spanish ships and are being landed at a neutral port.
Five Canadian members of the crew of the British motor ship Silver Yew. of 6373 tons, which was sunk in the Atlantic, have landed at Lisbon. Over 300 survivors from sunken ships are awaiting transport to Lisbon from the Cape Verde Islands.
A Portuguese fishing vessel has arrived at Leizoes with seven survivors from the British steamer Designer, of 5945 tons, which was torpedoed in the Atlantic on July a Forty-five of the crew are missing.
A Portuguese sloop landed 24 survivors from the British steamer Auditor, of 5444 tons, which was torpedoed in the Atlantic on July 4.
The Lady Somers was a twin-screw ship, of 8194 tons, and had been especially strengthened for navigation in ice. She was built in 1929 by Cammel Laird and Co., Ltd, Birkenhead, for Canadian National Steamships.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 168, 18 July 1941, Page 7
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