SUNK BY SUBMARINE

Evening Star, Issue 23816, 21 February 1941, Page 8

SUNK BY SUBMARINE

NORWEGIAN NAZI-CONTROLLED SHIP CREW ALLOWED TO LEAVE FIRST (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY), February 20. (Received February 21, at 11.45 a.m.) An Admiralty communique states; “ A Norwegian ship of about 1.500 tons, which was operating under Gorman control, was destroyed by H.M. submarine Sea Lion off the Norwegian coast. The vessel was stopped and the Sea Lion made a signal instructing the master to abandon ship. The master of the steamer replied by signal: ‘Thank yon.’ The Sea Lion waited for 15 minutes while the crew abandoned sbip in life boats. The ship was then destroyed by gunfire. Her crew were quite safe in the lifeboats, since their vessel was quite close to land when abandoned.”

BRITISH SUBJECTS IN FRANCE MANY OF THOSE INTERNED RELEASED (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, February 20. (Received February 21, at 1.0 p.ra.) Answering a House of Commons question, Mr R. A. Butler said official information had been received that all British subjects, including those from the Bordeaux and Nantes districts and from Dinan, who were interned in occupied France, were concentrated at three localities. Many British subjects who were interned had now been released. Tn general they fell into the categories of children up to 10 years, women over CO, and alleged elderly men. There were now no restrictions as to whore those who were released might live, with the exception of certain coastal areas. The majority ot persons released had returned to their former homes. Arrangements had been made to provide internees in Franco with small sums of money to purchase necessaries, and the. United States authorities had been authorised to incur expenditure on clothing and medical supplies.