LOSSES AT SEA

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 December 1940, Page 7

LOSSES AT SEA

BRITISH AND GERMAN' BLOCKADE RUNNER CAPTURED [BY CABLE—PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT.] NEW YORK, December 8. According to the Mackay Radio, the Norwegian ship s.s. Hidlefjqrd (7,639 tons) has reported that a mysterious ship was firing on it in the Atlantic off the coast of Ireland at 7.10 p.m.'' The s.s. Empire Jaguar was torpe-. doed near the Cape Verde Islands at 6.40 p.m. •. . -• • ■ A message from Havana states that the Cuban Navy has reported that it heard the German freighter Idarwald, which left Tampico 10 days ago, sending SOS signals, indicating that it had been torpedoed by a British cruiser. The Idarwald, at 2.30 p.m. sent a I radio message saying it had been attacked and sunk by a British cruiser off the south coast of Cuba. At 2.40 p.m. it sent a message saying the crew was taking to the lifeboats off the Cuban coast. The freighter Mambi later advised that she was proceeding in the direction of the Idarwald. The United States Navy Department, 'according to a message from Washington, reported that the British pruiser Diomede took possession of the Idarwald after the crew had attempted to scuttle her.

SEARCH FOR RAIDER. (Recd. December 10, 11.45 a.m.) MONTEVIDEO, December 9. Unofficial reports are circulating that H.M.S. Enterprise has closed in with the German raider, and is ready for battle. It was previously reported that the Carnarvon Castle officers received word from H.M.S. Eenterprise, that she had sighted and was overtaking the raider. RUGBY, December 9.. Official naval circles in London have nothing to say on the reports that the British cruiser Enterprise is in contact with the German commerce raider, which escaped from the auxiliary cruiser Carnarvon Castle. This is not surprising, as if any British warship has the good luck to get on the track of the raider, so soon after its recent escape, a period of silence would be expected before she would make any Enterprise has a speed of 33 knots, and seven 6-inch guns, so that the German ship, if she has fallen into the way of this cruiser, is not likely to be able to evade an action, nor is its result in much doubt. IRON CROSS AWARD. LONDON, December 9. The Berlin radio stated that Hitler has conferred the Iron Cross of the first class on Captain Rogge, comriiarider of an unnamed auxiliary cruiser, operating overseas, which has thus far sunk 94,000 tons and brought in a number of prizes.

SUBMARINE OFF CUBA HAVANA, December 9. The Manzanillo naval station reported that a submarine of unknown « nationality was sighted off the Cuba south-coast. DUTCH SUB. LOST. RUGBY, December 9. The London headquarters of the Royal Netherlands Navy announced the loss of a Netherlands submarine, in war operations. Every endeavour was made to inform the next of km through the agency of the International Red Cross, and it is assumed that these messages have now reached their destination in Holland. MR. ROOSEVELT’S CRUISE Aboard the United States warship Mayrant, in the Caribbean Sea, December 9. .. j Mr. Roosevelt, aboard the United States cruiser Tuscaloosa, spent two. hours at a point three miles outside Martinique conferring aboard the cruiser with the United States consular representative at Martinique and a naval observer who came aboard. Earlier, he visited St. Lucia, 25 miles to the south, and conferred with the Governor (Sir Henry Popham). He inspected the inner harbour of Port Castries, at St. Lucia.