RUNAWAY TRAWLER

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20442, 12 June 1936, Page 9

RUNAWAY TRAWLER

GIRL PAT SIGHTED AT FRENCH GUIANA United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright GEORGETOWN (British Guiana), June 10 The master of the American steamer Lorraine Cross reports that he sighted a vessel which he believed to be the trawler Girl Pat, near Cayenne, in French Guiana. The ship was flying a distress signal and stated that she was out of fuel and food. When asked if the ship’s papers were in order, the vessel hoisted sail and headed south-west. Lloyd’s agents throughout the world were last month instructed to watch for the North Sea trawler Girl Pat, which the Admiralty will declare “pirate” if it is proved that the skipper and crew of four seized her. It will then be the duty of the officers and crew of every ship flying the British flag to assist in apprehending her. The trawler, which is equipped with the latest type of Diesel engines, left Dover on April 4, and put in at Corcubion (Spain) on April 12. She left nine days later after extensive repairs, and subsequently was reported at the Salvage Islands and later at Dakar, the port of Senegal, West Africa, where the trawler’s crew outwitted the authorities and cleared the port.