SURRENDER OF NAVY
INSTRUCTIONS FOR GERMANS. (N.Z. Press Association.—Copyright.) (Rec. 10.30 a.m.) RUGBY, May 8. The Admiralty has . arinou 't :d iki orders which have been issueu ior tne surrender of the German navy. Merchant ships and other craft at sea are being ordered to report their position in plain language to the nearest Allied wireless telephaghy station and are being given orders to proceed to such Allied ports as are directed.
All warships and auxiliary merchant ships and other craft in harbour are to remain in harbour. U-boats at sea are to surface, to fly a black flag or pennant, and to report to the nearest Allied wireless telegraphy station. They will then proceed on the surface to such port as they may be directed to. , All warships and merchant ships, whether in port or at sea, are being instructed to trail all weapons fore and aft. Breech blocks will be removed from their guns and all torpedoes unloaded.—Official Wireless.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 135, 9 May 1945, Page 6
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