Two More Blockade Runners Scuttled
(Received 1 p.m.) (8.0. W.) RUGBY, May 17. The Admiralty states that two more enemy vessels which attempted to break through the Allied blockade have been scuttled after interception by British warships. One German armed ship, Silvaplana (4790 tons) was inward bound from the Far East with a valuable cargo of rubber and tin. She was sighted by the cruiser Adventure about 200 miles off Cape Finisterre and ordered to stop. Within a few minutes, and before the Silvaplana had lost way, her'Crew proceeded to abandon ship. Flames enveloped her bridge and a series of explosions rent her hull. She heeled over and sank stern first. The ship’s company was rescued. The other blockade-runner, the German ship Regensburg (8068 tons), also heavily laden and inward bound from the Far East, was intercepted between Greenland and Iceland by the cruiser Glasgow. Warning shots were followed by signs of pgnic aboard and the enemy signalled “Stop,” but soon afterwards scuttling charges were fired and, owing to the heavy weather and icy water, only six of 75 personnel were rescued.
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Northern Advocate, 18 May 1943, Page 3
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