LIGHT ON OCEAN MYSTERIES
FATE OF THE WAIRUNA AND MATUNGA POUR HUNDRED PRISONERS TAKEN TO GERMANY (ADS. AND N.Z. CABLB ASSN. AND REOTER.) LONDON, 25th February. The Admiralty states: In reference to a German official report stating that the German auxiliary cruiser Wolf had returned after a fifteen months' cruise, it is presumed that she sank in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean the following vessels, taking prisoner the crews;.— Turritella, Jumna, Wordsworth, Dee, Wairuna, Winslow, Beluga, Encore, Matunga, Hitachi Maru, and Igotzmendi. The Turritella, an unarmed mei'chantI man, was captured in February, 1917, and equipped for mine-laying. Shortly afterwards she encountered a British waxship. The prize crew scuttled the Turritella and surrendered,
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 50, 27 February 1918, Page 7
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113LIGHT ON OCEAN MYSTERIES Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 50, 27 February 1918, Page 7
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