U-BOATS SUNK

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21047, 26 February 1940, Page 7

U-BOATS SUNK

FOUR ENEMY RAIDERS

SUCCESS OF AIR FORCE MORE VESSELS LOST Unued Pres* a#sd. —tlec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Feb 25 Reports are current in London that four more I -boats have been sunk—two in the North Sea, a third off Scotland, and a fourth, which was rammed by the British cargo steamer Asiatic, of 3741 tons, off the Shetland Islands. No official details are available, but It Is understood the Royal Air Force played an important part in sinking three of the submarines.

The Daily Mail says British reconnaissance aeroplanes bombed and sank two U-boats many miles apart in the North Sea.

It was earlier reported that the third submarine was believed to have been severely damaged in collision with the Asiatic. The captain said, i“ It was a glancing blow. We must have given the U-boat’s crew a real j shaking.” J The Admiralty announced yesterI day that the naval trawler Benvolio : was sunk by a mine. The commandj ing officer and nine ratings are miss- | ing and are feared lost. Steamer Strikes Mine I The British steamer Royal Archer, of 2266 tons, struck a mine off the Scottish coast and is believed to have sunk w r hile efforts w'ere being made to tow her to the shore. Fourteen of the crew were injured. The Danish steamer Aase, of 1206 tons, was sunk en route to Britain from Snain, and 15 of the crew are missing. One of the ship’s boats, containing the cabin boy and the body of the first officer, came ashore on the south-w’est coast of Britain. The Norwegian steamer Telnes, of 1694 tons, and the British steamer Leo Daw r son, of 4330 tons, are overdue and are presumed to have been lost. Presumed Lost The Greek cargo steamer Panachrandos, of 4661 tons, which was on a voyage from Antwerp to the United States, has not reported for five w'eeks and is presumed lost. Loving Cup from Germans The German Legation at Copenhagen has sent a loving cup to C*P~ tain Meyer, the non-Aryan master of the Feddy, and £25 to members of | the crew because the Feddy rescued i two German airmen in the North ; Sea. Mined and Sunk j The British steamship Jevington Court, of 4544 tons, was mined and I sunk. The crew was saved. Three I men were sent to hospital. ! The captain and chief engineer | were both previously in a ship which i was mined and sunk. [ This is the fourth loss suffered by | the Court Line, the other vessels bein;.’ the Kensington, Arlington ano I Cedrington. British Prisoners in Germany A member of the crew of the British submarine Undine, who is j a prisoner in Germany. Petty-Officer John Shaw, in a letter to his parents from the prison camp, says the crews of the Undine and the Starfish have been allotted to tree-fell-ing w’ork, 60 of them departed for the forest on February 12. Others will go soon. Meantime, their treatment is good and the officers live in a castle. Riddled With Bullets With the return to port today of the Lowestoft trawler Saxmundham another fishing boat victim of Tuesday’s German aeroplane attack was revealed. The ship’s engine-room casing and deck had been riddled with bullets, but the crew escaped injury. “We stopped at sea to finish our trip,” said the skipper, “because we must not let them panic us.” British Seamen Presumed Dead The Secretary to the Admiralty regrets to announce a list containing the names of two officers and 19 ratings who are missing and presumed dead as a result of an air attack on the trawler Fifeshire. Enemy Driven Off The naval trawler Solon was attacked by bombs and w r as machinegunned. but the enemy aircraft was driven off and the vessel has returned to port. H.M.S. Nelson Allegedly Damaged The Berlin newspaper Volkischer Beobachter claims that H.M.S Nelson. one of Britain’s largest battleships. struck a mine in the middle of December and was rushed to port for vital repairs, after w’hich she was towed to a dock in the south of England, where she is still under repair. Reuter’s agency says it is understood this claim is regarded as unworthy of refutation. AMERICAN WAR PLANES PURCHASES BY ALLIES 1,000,000,000 DOLLARS WORTH (United Press Assn —Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Feb. 24 The British and French purchasing commissions have announced that they are placing with United States manufacturers additional orders for warplanes likely to amount to 1,000.000.000 dollars, says the New r York Times. The decision amounts to the Allies buying the total warplane production above Lotted States defence Acetyl ,