WAR AT SEA

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 October 1939, Page 7

WAR AT SEA

MORE BRITISH SUCCESSES GERMAN SHIPS CAPTURED [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] NEW YORK, October 13. The Buenos Aires correspondent of the “New York Times” says it is reliably stated that several Gprman merchantmen which disappeared mysteriously on October 9 are anchored at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, where they have been dismantled and the crews interned. The British are no longer sinking their captives as they did with the Olinda on September 4, but. are taking all to the Falkland Islands. Most of the German ships which escaped from the Argentine, Uruguayan, Brazilian, and Chilean ports loaded with grain are reported to have been captured and taken to the Falkland Islands. CAP NORTE DISGUISED. (Recd’. October 14, 11.15 a.m.) RUGBY, October 13. It is stated that the captured German liner Cap Norte was found to have re-painted herself, substituted Anconia for her name, and painted the Swedish flag on her side. Bad weather made her short of fuel. According to the stowage plan, the quantity loaded on board was 5641 tons. The principal cargo included about 2893 tons of wheat, 178 tons of wool, 747 tons of skins, 60 tons of tobacco, 175 tons of cocoa, 18 tons of honey, 1102 tons of coffee, 440 casks of horse-flesh, three boxes of caviare, and 500 boxes of lemons. U-BOAT CASUALTIES. PARIS, October 13. A semi-official commentary says that 12 U-boats were .sunk or badly damaged in September. UNLUCKY THIRTEENTH! RUGBY, October 13. The Admiralty announces that Friday, the thiteenth, proved an unlucky day for U-boats, two having been destroyed by hunting craft, which were able to rescue some survivors. ITALIAN TANKERS NEW YORK. October 13. The Washington correspondent of the “New York Herald Tribune” says that a neutrality patrol reported that the tankers which refuelled a submarine off Key West were Italian. The Neutrality Act' was not ' violated. because belligerents are allowed 24 hours in American ports for refuelling and repairing.

BRITISH SHIP SUNK. LINER RESCUES CREW. (Received October 14, 9.45 a.m.) NEIjV YORK, October 13. The liner President Harding radioed/ that she had rescued the crew of 36 men of the Heronspool, off the Irish coast, while proceeding to the aid of a French tanker, the W. Emile Miquet, whose SOS the President Harding i tercepted. She found the tanker in flames and the crew missing. The Heronspool, which was of 5202 tons gross, is the second British ship to be sunk this week. SOUTH ATLANTIC RAIDER. SEARCH FOR ADMIRAL SCHEER. LONDON, October 13. The “Daily Telegraph” has confirmed. that Germany’s 10,000-ton pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is somewhere in the South Atlantic, acting as a. lone raider. The British Navy is searching for her. It is believed that she was responsible for the sinking of the Clement. U-BOATS IN CARIBBEAN SEA. LONDON. October 13. Six German submarines have been reported in the Caribbean Sea, including one large craft. POLISH DESTROYERS ASSISTING BRITISH NAVY (Recd. October 14. 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, October 13. A high authority revealed that three Polish destroyers, namely, the Blyskawica, Grom, and Burza, have been cooperating with the Royal Navy since the outbreak of war, in the English Channel patrols, doing extraordinarily good work, and the fighting spirit of the personnel is of the highest.