HEAVY CROP OF VICTIMS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVII, Issue 21530, 18 December 1939, Page 7

HEAVY CROP OF VICTIMS

British And Neutral

Ships Sunk

Nazi Mine Menace United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received December 17. 6.30 p.m./ LONDON. December ’6. The British tanker Athel Templar, of 893 J tens, was seriously damaged by enemy action off the east coast yesterday. It is believed the crew was taken on another vessel. Survivors Landed The survivors of the tankers Athel Templar and Inverlane were landed t a north east port. Both ships were mined within half an hour. The Athel Templar was beached by f ~s. I Two of the crew were lost. The other 38 escaped in the boats and were picked up by a trailer. The Inverlai e caught fire. Three men are missing. The remainder ot the crew were landed at an East Coast port. j An Amsterdam message says that the Ursus w’as sunk in the North Sea by an explosion. Nine men are missing. The Brinda rescued the survivors, including two injured. The German merchantman Teneriffe (2436 tons) was intercepted ■*” the Navy but scuttled herself. There are no details. Two Norwegian steamers, the Rogni (3000 tons) and the H. C. Flood (1907 tons) were mined and sunk in the North Sea. Ten men are missing. Thirty were landed. The captain of the P.Ggni said that the six missing from his ship were below when the explosion occurred’. The British Admiralty has advised the Norwegian owners that the Fob ~ of 1674 tons, was sunk off the Scottish east coast by a mine. Eighteen members of the crew wc.e lost. Two bodies were found. The Belgian ship Rosa was mined and sunk off the north-east coast. One man was killed. Fourteen were landof whom two were injured. The Admiralty also announced that H.M.S. trawler James Ludford has been mined and sunk. It is feaud that two officers and 15 ratings ha e been lost. According to an agency report from Cape Town, the Hamburg steam ur Adolf Leona rd t. of 298 P tons, was intercepted by a British warship, but. was scuttled to avoid capture. The .arship landed 40 members of the crew at Cape Town tu-day. The Dutch steamer Pennlant advises i that she picked up the entire crew of I the Greek steamer Germaine from I small boats in the Atlantic. It is under- ’ stood that the Germaine sank after the Pennlant’s arrival. At least three ships were victims >f submarines last week while in Norwegian territorial waters. This new phase of German warfare is viewed very seriously by the Admiralty, which will possibly adopt reprisals unless it is ended. German Ship Sunk It is officially stated from Santiago that the Duesseldorf. of 4700 tons, was captured and not sunk. She carried foodstuffs and 700 tons of oil. Another message says a British cruiser is reported to have sunk the Duesseldorf off Coldera. A message from Hamburg states that the Prize Court ordered the confiscation of two seized Swedish ships and ruled all paper pulp as contraband. An expert gave evidence that Germany used paper wrapping for the explosive inside shells and he believed that the British used similar wrappings. The Japanese freighter Sanyo Maru has sailed from Rotterdam with a cargo of German potash and machinery.