FOUND DEAD IN CABIN
MASTER OF BRITISH SHIP (Received 28th February, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, 27th February. The owners have advised that the master of the Stangrove was found dead in his cabin. The Foreign Office learns that owing to a gale on 23rd February the master refused a Spanisn order to raise steam for the release of the Stangrove, which dragged her anchors and was stranded on the rocks. The master refused to leave the ship with the rest of the crew. A London message dated 18th February stated: It is revealed that the nationalists on sth February captured the British ship Stangrove near Barcelona and escorted it to Majorca. The Stangrove with a crew of 15, left Valencia on 3rd February with a cargo and a non-intervention observer aboard. The vessel was outside territorial waters when captured. Britain strongly protested to General Franco on Bth February, but no reply has been received so far.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 28 February 1939, Page 5
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