CAPTURED FREIGHTER

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 11 December 1940, Page 5

CAPTURED FREIGHTER

BEING TOWED TOWARDS JAMAICAN PORT (U P.A.-By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) HAVANA, 9th December. Members of the crews of two launches which were seeking survivors of the German freighter Idarwald have returned without finding any survivors. They assert that they are sure the Idarwald was captured by a British cruiesr and is at present being towed to a Jamaican port. They believe the capture took place between Santiago de Cuba and Jamaica. [An earlier message from Washington said the Navy repor'ed that the British cruiser Diomede took possession of the Idarwald f ter the rev had attempted to scuttle her. The Idarwald ha left the Mexican port l- Tacoma som days pre«dcusjy. It issued an S O.S. stating that it had been torpedoed by a British cruiser. Later it was reported to have been seen or. fire, claim to have been caused by a scuttling attempt.] VESSEL SINKS (Received 11th December, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, 10th December. It is authoritatively announced that H.M.S. Diomede intercepted the German merchantman Idarwald in the South Atlantic. The prize crew was unable to keep the Idarwald afloat after the Germans had set it on fire. Forty-five members of the crew were taken prisoner.