EXPERT RAIDERS
CIVIL AND NAVAL
QUICK CHANGE-OVER
The raider approached the Komata as a peaceful merchantman and the crew of the doomed ship had no inkling of her real nature until she was close in, according to Mr. A. Estrop, who saw the attack take place. When the ' attack commenced the ship changed her character with great rapidity.
The civil crew of the raider disappeared from the deck and naval officers and ratings appeared, Mr. Estrop said, and the armament was revealed as if the guns had been brought from below by lifts. The Komata never had a chance and had
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 15, 18 January 1941, Page 10
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101EXPERT RAIDERS Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 15, 18 January 1941, Page 10
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