WARFARE AT SEA

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24261, 1 April 1940, Page 8

WARFARE AT SEA

TRAWLERS ATTACKED BOMBED FROM THE AIR NORWAY’S HEAVY LOSSES (United Press Association) (By Electrir Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, Mar. 29 Eight bombers attacked the Aberdeen trawler Princess Royal northeast of Scotland last "Wednesday. A German plane dropped an aerial torpedo and three or four bombs on the Aberdeen trawler Inverneil off the east coast of Scotland last night. The plane scored no direct hits. It also machine-gunned the crew, who fired 250 rounds with its Lewis gun, forcing up the attacker, which quit. The mate of the trawler was wounded.

The Norwegian steamer Burgos (3220 tons) was sunk off the east coast of England. The crew of 32 were Saved. The sinking of the Burgos makes Norway’s losses since the outbreak of the war 59 ships, with a tonnage of 203,995, while 402 seamen were drowned or killed.

It is officially disclosed that the submarine Ursula sank the German steamer Heddernheim last Saturday, The submarine Truant stopped the Edmund Hugo Stinnes. which was scuttled last Sunday. The Truant rescued the crew, then torpedoed the Edmund Hugo Stinnes to prevent its salvage. It brought the captain to England. The submarine Unity rescued the crew from the Protin us last Tuesday, which was sunk by a bomber. The crew had been in the boats for six days. The Norwegian Government strongly protested to Berlin on March 26 against the sinking of the Steinstad on February 21. It declared that the ship was en route to Turkey from a neutral port, and that the crew was not given time to take to the boats.