PRISON SHIP
GRAF SPEE'S AUXILIARY
REPORTED IDENTITY
(Received January 22, 1.30 p.m.)
MONTEVIDEO, January 21
It is reliably reported that the auxiliary to the Admiral Graf Spec on which there are 300 British prisoners is the Altmark, a 1200-ton, 25-knot combination raider, supply ship, and prison ship with the appearance of a merchantman. It has three disguised sixinch guns and anti-aircraft guns.
. A London message published on Saturday stated: Treatment reminiscent of the slave traders was meted out to the crews of British merchantmen who were placed as prisoners aboard an unnamed tanker supply ship to the Admiral Graf Spec, according to first-hand stories now revealed.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 18, 22 January 1940, Page 9
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106PRISON SHIP Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 18, 22 January 1940, Page 9
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