SEA WARFARE
U-BOAT SUNK.
[By CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.]
LONDON, June 26.
Gun crews, aboard the liner “Andania” (which was torpedoed last week by a U-boat), who were in fancy dress, with grease paint running down their faces, fought a duel with the U-boat for two. and a-half hours, and sank it shortly before the vessel, Andania, foundered. The torpedo struck the Andania during a concert for the men off duty.
LIFEBOATMEN DISMISSED.
LONDON, June 27.
The coxswain and motor mechanic of a Hythe lifeboat have been dismissed from the Lifeboat Service, following on their refusal to. take a boat across the Channel to assist in the Dunkirk evacuation.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 28 June 1940, Page 7
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