TANKER SAVED

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23732, 12 August 1940, Page 8

TANKER SAVED

SAILORS' GALLANTRY !■ DEFIANCE OF U-BOAT TORPEDO ATTACK FAILS BRIEF GUNNERY DUEL , ' * i ■By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright . (Received August 11, 7.5 p.m.) LONDON, August 10 The gallantry of five sailors brought a British oil-tanker safely to port. A U-boat torpedoed the tanker, which took a heavy 'list. The captain ordered the crew to the boat's, but he himself remained on board with four men. They made c their way through the wreckage to the valves of the tanks and by letting out oil, brought the vessel to an even keel. submarine then started shelling the vessel, but sailors manned her gun and forced the U-boat to submerge. Apparently she had no more torpedoes left. The remainder of the crew were picked up and the ship continued her voyage, ultimately reaching port safely. A message from Stockholm says the Norwegian steamer Toran, of 3318 tons, was sunk by an explosion and three of the crew were killed. The remaining 27 have been landed. According to a Madrid despatch, tho Greek steamer Vassilios Destounis, of 3299 tons, laden with grain, was found abandoned 40 miles from the Spanish port of Aviles. A trawler put a crew on board and endeavoured to bring the 6hip to port. A message from Belgrade says a German submarine sank the 4000-ton Yugoslav steamer Rad in the Atlantic. She was carrying a cargo of metal from Baltimore to Yugoslavia. All on board have been saved.