SUBMARINE WARFARE

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 November 1939, Page 7

SUBMARINE WARFARE

' NEW TYPE OF U-BOAT Itn i;S -;i k- -PRESS. A.SBN-—COPYRIGHT.] ROME, November 3. . It is announced that a new type of German submarine descended to 330 feet and remained there for atl minutes. Several members of the crew came to the surface safely in a test of the escape apparatus.

WRECKAGE IN ICELAND

REYKJAVIK, November 3.'

The wreckage of two lifeboats,, with the name Hamburg painted over the name Poseidon, has been washed up on the west coast of Iceyand.

COULMORE’S SAFETY ASSURED s

LONDON. November 3

Naval officials in New York are unable to confirm the report that, the Coulmore escaped, but they assume she is safe. They emphasised that she would not use her-wireless if a submarine was in the vicinity.

The captain of an American ship who was in the neighbourhood said it was unlikely that a submarine would have made an attack in the very heavy seas that were running at the lime.

• PAN-AMERICAN SAFETY ZONE. ' WASHINGTON, November 3. Mr. Hull, in a statement, said that the object of the Pan-American safety zone patrol was solely to secure the 'ullc‘ l information regarding activities in the restricted area. It did not involve “the exercise of force on the part of any American Republic.”