GERMAN VESSEL INTERNED

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22908, 3 January 1940, Page 7

GERMAN VESSEL INTERNED

TACOMA DETAINED AT MONTEVIDEO

ORDER BY URUGUAYAN GOVERNMENT

(united PEES 3 ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.) (Received January 2, 8 p.m.) LONDON, January 1. The German ship Tacoma (8268 tons), which acted as a supply vessel for the Admiral Graf Spee, has been interned by Uruguay. She lies at anchor in the outer harbour at Montevideo, near where the German pocket battleship was scuttled. The time limit expired at H. 30 this morning. Shortly afterwards, the secretary of the port authority and a representative of the North German Lloyd Line, with 20 marines, went aboard and 'interned the vessel. '

The Uruguayan Government’s decision to intern the Tacoma was made on the pround that she was a' naval vessel because of the help she gave the Admiral Graf Spee. , The Montevideo correspondent of the “New York Times” says it Is expected that the Tacoma' will be beached inside the harbour on January 3, after arrangements for the crew’s internment have been, completed. The internment was ordered in spite of a further German Note maintaining that the Tacoma Was a merchant ship and not a naval auxiliary. arid that the assistance to the Admiral Graf Spee was merely humanitarian. When, the Note was presented, the Tacoma was flying the war flag reserved for warships and naval auxiliaries.

LOSSES AT SEA

BRITISH AND NEUTRAL SHIPS SUNK

■ (Received January 2, 7,50 pun-) LONDON, Jarjuary 1- , The British gteamer Bcmbill (5600 tops) sank in the North Sea within two or three minutes of an explosion. Unable to launch the boats, 8Q gf the crew of 35 perished. • ■ The British trawler Barbara Robertson (325 tons) was sent to the bottom by shellfire from a German submarine. One deck hand was lost. i The first victhn of the New Year Was a Norwegian cargo vessel of 960 tons, which is now believed to have been torpedoed not far from Bergen, it was at first believed 'she had been mined. The. crew was rescued by another Norwegian ship. A British Official Wireless message gayg that British ship? which were gunk last week by enemy action were the Stanhoime (8473 tong),' Barbara Robertson' and Regeroho (258 tons). Neutral vessels sunk were the Norwegian Lappap (563 tons)' and the Danish Nappe (1080 tons). Tue Norwegian TorWQQd (254 tons) gank on December 26, but. until further details are avail* pble it cannot be determined if she is a war lass, . . The Italian ship Comitas. (3488 tons), which was sunk OB December 22, must now be added to the total sinkings of the previous week, Last week’s losses are little mere than one-fifth Of the losses in the previous week ended December 23. On December 26 the German merchantman Gluokgbupg (2680 tons) was intercepted by a B r iti§h warship and beached berself two mdes south of Chipiona Light, in Spain. She has since broken up. The Official German News Agency claims that, another Hamburg* Amerlka liner has returned home after an absence of seven months. She i§ the l§,Oßo*ton §t. Louis, which wag last heard of when she berthed at Murmansk some • time before October 31. 1 '

NAVICERT SYSTEM i m : —* • i

. ftwwisq firtiewt-fUSß^sg.) RXJQpy, January i. ’ The Ministry of Economic War* . fgrg announces that Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey haye been added tp the list q t consignee Qqnntrieg pr, which the payiegrt, system is* available- Navicerts are npw being issued by Pritfsh re pre= lentatives in the ¥ni?ed states, Brazil. the Argentine, and Uruguay |qr exports from those countries tq the following esuntyies in Europe; Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, EsfqiH&V finlandj Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Nprway, Pprtugal, Rumania, Sweden. Switzerland, Turkey, apd Jugoslavia.

PROMOTIONS IN AIR FORCE

SEVERAL MEW ZEALANDERS jmcmjdep IBwnsg evnaMl; wmfMSStl RU§BY, 1 T fhß' Ai? Ministry announced New Year temporary promotions as follow?-' Group Gaptain to Air Commodore —P- H- M- Maynard, of Waiuky, Nesr SgaianA I Wins. Cemnionasr to Group cas-tajm-H, S, NUSBgII. Pi Hastings, New Zealand; 3, S. Ggsshdy, Of Darling Downs; A.' C- jollier, of Hangr wick. flight Dioutohant tp gguadrgp F. Dog. Of Auckland. Now gegignd; T- G, Devgll-Gpegg, of W&nggnui, Ngw .?§&land; 3. W, McGyjrg, el fceadeFvjiig, Western AusS’- P§ndidV pf ipswleh* Quegngign^.

the Italian, Spanish and DanubianBalkan peninsulas—-are bound by, a common civilisation and destiny. If Bolshevism penetrated any one of them the whole Mediterranean Would be endangered. Italy will never allow Bolshevism to cross the Carpathians.” - '

SERVICE IN WAB RECOGNISED *

HONOURS CONFERRED BY THE KING. . (BBISIBB OSfICI*r .'*■ RUGBY, January I.', His Majesty the King, instead, of awarding New Year honours recog- - higeg valour, untiring energy, zepi, and devotion of the fighting men,” An eight*coiumn supplement to the London Gaeette lists 374 naval heroes, mostly from little ships such as trawlers end drifters engaged In mine-laving, mme-sweepipg, and U-boat spotting. The awards in- , dude six pf the D.5.0.. 36 of th* D.g.e.,'andtheM.B.E. • The submarine Ursula becomes the prpudggt of pig Majesty’s! fighting craft. Twelve awards aye made to her and she has thiis become‘one of* , thp most decorated vessels in the Fleet, ‘ _ ’ The Gazette also announces SOT naval promotions, and 213 Air Force promotions, .including New , Zealanderg and Australianp- ' The lists of. decorations awarded officers, and ratings of the Royal Navy, the Royal Naval Reserve, and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve include awards “for unfailing courage, endurance, and resource in... trpwlers,. drifters, and min§*?WeeßSfß in the hard apd B§r|lou§ task of sw ee Pmg the seas, clear of enemy ‘ mines and - submarines,” and .for' “undaunted . courage, steadfastness, CPplness and resource in saying ships and lives at sea in the fac© of peril and adversity-” . ~ . ■ . Lope lists of awards and mentionsin dispatches are given for ‘, ‘‘outstanding zeal, prqficienpy, skilb and eperjgy in successfully combating enemy submarmee” ' ■ * The award is also announced of the P.S.Q. to the commander, th§ D t S,g, to two officers, and th? D.§.M. io nine ratings, ail 6i the ripe Ursula for "a courageous, and glpfiul attack in which an enemy . <pui§§r Wps sunk.”