SUNK IN 1942
TWO UNION CASTLE LINERS Rec. 9.50 a.m. LONDON, December 4.
It can now be revealed that two famous Union Castle liners, the Warwick Castle (20,000 tons) and the Llandaff Castle (10,000 tons), were sunk by enemy action, says the "Evening News."
A report from Captain C. L. Clutterbuck shows that the crew of the Llandaff Castle behaved with great bravery, standing by the- sinking ship, hoping foi* a shot at the submarine.
The Llandaff Castle was torpedoed between Dares Salaam and Durban in November, 1942. Women and children were put off in boats. A U-boat surfaced and the commander asked Captain Clutterbuck, who was sitting on a half-submerged raft, 'what was the vessel's name. Captain Clutterbuck refused to answer. He said in a report: "The crew answered with names I cannot repeat:" The Warwick Castle was sunk in tht autumn of 1942, when returning home in a gale. Many lives were lost when a number of lifeboats capsized.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1944, Page 5
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