Burning German Ship Brought To Port By Empire Warship
(Received 10.30 a.m.) RUGBY, May 27. The latest addition to Canada’s destroyer flotilla, the Assiniboine, while . on patrol with a British warship in the Caribbean, sighted the German steamer Hanover. The German vessel had been set on fire by the time tlie two ships reached it, and the problem of keeping it afloat was solved by the larger warship taking the captured vessel in tow, while the Assiniboine, .keeping to windward, ran alongside with a battery of hoses playing. For five days, as the result of fine seamanship, this strange convoy was brought through plunging sea’s to Kingston, Jamaica. The captain of the cruiser paid a warm tribute to the value of the work done by the Assiniboine, “without whose assistance it is most unlikely that the German ship would have been saved.” Great credit is due to the commanding officer, who showed initiative and ability, and handled his ship with I great skill throughout the operation.
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Northern Advocate, 28 May 1940, Page 5
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