THE VESSEL SUNK

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21038, 14 February 1940, Page 7

THE VESSEL SUNK

SET ON FIRE BY CREW RESCUE BY BRITISH SHIP “GET HOME OR SCUTTLE” (United Press Asm.—Elec. Tel. CapjfrlrM) i (Received Feb. 14, 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 13 Admiral Harwood has announced that a British patrol ship picked up : the crew of the Wakama after the Germans had set the Wakama on fire. He added that the Wakama was ' sunk as a menace to navigation. The newspaper Journal states that according to a member of the crew of the Hawkins the British cruisei sank the Wolfsburg. A number of German ships which have been sheltering for months in neutral ports are now trying to slip 1 through the nasal patrols. They are j popularly described as sailing under , “Get home or scuttle” orders. Six of them escaped from Vigo under cover of the darkness during the week-end. Three, the Wangoni. Wahene and Orizaba, are carrying British cargo valued at nearly (.TOO.- 1 COO. The others are the Arucas. Rostock and Morea. The Admiralty has announced The German steamer Wakama. ot 1771 tons, was located by aircraft from one of His Majesty’s ships in the South Atlantic yesterday. On being rdered to stop by the aircraft the German crew set fire to the ship and , scuttled her.”