VESSELS SUNK

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21039, 15 February 1940, Page 7

VESSELS SUNK

MEMBERS OF CREW MISSING SHELLED BY U-BOAT (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Feb. 15, 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 14 Twenty-one survivors of the British steamer Triumph, which was sunk by an explosion in the North Sea, were landed on the east coast. It is believed that another 25 of the crew were landed elsewhere. Five of the crew are still missing. It is believed that the upturned ship seen drifting in the North Sea was the Triumph. The Chastine Maersk was sunk by gunfire by a U-boat while bound to Denmark from Morocco. Twenty-nine survivors of the Dalaro were landed at an Irish port. They said that a U-boat shelled the vessel. Death of Captain The steamer Dalaro was sunk in the Atlantic. It is not known whether it was mined or torpedoed. A Belgian trawler picked up the crew, but the captain died shortly afterwards. The Holland Amerika Company states that the captain of the U-boat which torpedoed the Burgerdijk asserted that the cargo was for Britain and refused to examine the ship’s papers. Sank in Flames The Greta Field sank in flames on 1 the north-east coast of Scotland. Twenty-eight of the crew were saved. Thirteen are missing. Eighteen were admitted to hospital. A Remarkable Device The Times, in a leader on the virtues of the convoy system, pays tribute to the ingenuity of the Navy’s experts, who devised the asdic, also the tireless exercise of that remarki able device, as a result of which Uj boats are no longer immune from discovery and can be attacked without being visible. American Ship Safe The first United States ship with a cargo completely covered by navicerts arrived at the Allied contraband base with a mixed cargo destined ; for Italy and Turkey, and was held up only two and a-half, hours. Vessels At Control Bases On February 13 there were twenty neutral ships at the United Kingdom contraband control bases, of which fourteen had been there for five days or less. During the week ended February 10 the committee considered the cargoes of 123 ships which had arrived since February 3 and 32 outstanding from the previous week. In 97 cases the entire cargoes were released on the first con-

sideration or alter inquiries, 74 were dealt with under the system of advance copy manifests, and 60 vessels were released subject to the formal checking of the original manifests.