DEADLY SHOOTING
TONGARIRO’S GUNNERS JAPANESE U-BOAT’S END HIT BY FOURTH SHELL (2.40 p.in.) LONDON, June 28. The Japanese submarine, which was sunk by the New Zealand liner Tongariro en route to Britain, was spotted about seven miles away by Seaman G. Eageton, aged 19, from the Tongariro’s crow’s nest. As soon as the conning tower could be seen from the bridge, the submarine was recognised as Japanese. When the submarine opened fire, the Tongariro’s master, Captain B. Evans, manoeuvred the Tongariro out of line of fire and ordered the ship’s gun crews to open up. The Tongariro’s first shot fell a little to the left of the submarine because of the wind deflection. Her second and third shots were also near misses, but the fourth shot got the submarine amidships.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20823, 30 June 1942, Page 5
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