NORWEGIAN GUISE
INDIAN OCEAN RAIDER (Reed. June 3,2 p.m.) CAPETOWN, June 2. Details of the sinking of the German raider in the Indian Ocean on May 8 by H.M.S. Cornwall show that the raider was located by a plane, and later a look-out at the masthead reported that the raider had been sighted. The raider sent a wireless message that she was a Norwegian ship being chased by a German raider. The Cornwall' signalled: "Stand-to, or we fire.” The raider swung around, hoisted the Nazi flag, dropped the flaps concealing her guns, and fired a broadside. After a 15-minute exchange, the Cornwall scored a direct hit on explosives aboard the raider, which sank in less than a minute.
The Cornwall's damage was superficial. A few sailors received shrapnel wounds.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20572, 4 June 1941, Page 9
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