GERMAN SHIPPING

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 69, 14 December 1939, Page 10

GERMAN SHIPPING

34 Vessels In LatinAmerican Ports

ATTEMPTS TO ELUDE PATROL PLANNED By Telegraph.— Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received Dec. 13, 11.10 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 13. Dispatches from correspondents of the “New York Times” indicate that 34 Nazi ships remain in LatinAmerican ports. The majority are planning attempts to elude the British patrol. Four merchantmen are in Argentine and Uruguayan waters, two of which, the Takotna and the Lahn, arrived recently at Montevideo from Talcahuano, via Cape Horn. lhe others, the Nienburg and the Anatolia, have been anchored off Buenos Aires since their Chinese crews mutinied. There have been 13 German ships in Argentine and Uruguayan waters' since the outbreak of war. Only the Monte Pascoal is known to have reached Germany- The Olinda, Parana, aud Gonzenheim were sunk, and the Bahia Laura, Kersten Miles, Borkum, Posiedon, and 1 Ussukuma were captured. The fate of the Bahia Lancas is unknown.

The British captured a merchantman laden with meat twelve miles from Montevideo, aud utilized it as a meat depot for the British squadron. In Brazil Ports. Thirteen German ships nave left Brazil ports since the outbreak. Some are reported to have been captured. Fifteen remain, as follows: —At Rio de Janeiro, three; at. Rio Grande do Sul, two; at Santos, two; at Pernambuco, two; at Para, two; at Bahia, three; and at Cabedello. one. All are loading aud awaiting au opportunity to sail. Six German ships are in Chilean ports. The liner Dusseldorf has been loading for a week, and is said to be on the point of leaving. The ships are located as followsAt Valparaiso, the Dusseldorf and the four-master Priwall; at Talcahuano, the Frankfurt and Osorio; at Coquimbo, the Portland ; at Puerto, Montt, the Ellanger. Of ten taking refuge in Mexico, the Emmy Friedrich was sunk. Those remaining are: —At Vera Cruz, the Hamelin: at Arauca. the Anion; at Lizardo Bay, the liner Columbus; at Tampico, the liner Orinoco, the Rhein. Phrygia, and Idarwald; at Puerto Mexico, the Tinneas Musseii; and at Manzanillo, the Havelland.