CAPTURED STEAMER
BRITISH PROTEST TO CENL. FRANCO
(Received September 7, 9.15 a.m.)
LONDON, September 6.
The British Government has protested to the Spanish insurgent com-mander-in-chief, General Franco, against" the capture of the British steamer Burlington, which an insurgent cruiser escorted to Palma. »The Burlington (formerly the Nau- ! sicaa) was bound Batum to Cartagena, under loyalist charter, laden with 7700 tons >of oil. The vessel belongs to the same line1 as the Woodford, the British tanker which was torpedoed some days ago. off the Spanish coast.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19370907.2.109
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 59, 7 September 1937, Page 12
Word Count
85CAPTURED STEAMER Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 59, 7 September 1937, Page 12
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in