DESTROYED BY CREW
GERMAN STEAMER
SOUTH AFRICAN SUCCESS
(Received December 4, 11 a.m.)
CAPE TOWN, December 3.
The German ship Watussi (9500 tons) was intercepted by South African bombing planes south of -Cape Point, and, after being ordered to proceed .to Simonstown, was destroyed by her crew, the survivors of which were later picked up.
The Watussi, which is the first fruit of South Africa's extensive and unceasing coastal patrols, at first refused to reveal her identity or change her course. The plane threatened her with bombs, whereupon the captain pleaded that there were passengers aboard. The Watussi changed her course only after two bombs had been dropped ahead of her, but' soon afterwards dense smoke came from the ship. Ten boats put off, their occupants including women .and children.
A warship picked up survivors white the ship blazed furiously.
The Watussi was reported last week to have slipped out of Mozambique harbour, where she had taken shelter since the war.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 134, 4 December 1939, Page 7
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