German Liner Scuttled To Escape Capture
THREE CARGO SHIPS CAPTURED BY ALLIES Received Sunday, 9.20 p.m. CAPETOWN, Nov. 26. The German liner Adolph Woermann was scuttled by her own crew in the South Atlantic to avoid capture. The crew and passengers, including eighteen women, were picked up safely. The captain wirelessed that he was chased by a British warship and sunk his own ship. She slipped out of Lobito Bay (East Africa) on November 18. The Rome radio stated that Allied warships captured three German cargo ships in localities not specified.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 280, 27 November 1939, Page 7
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