BRITAIN'S SEA PRIZES
A curiously mixed fleet of ships of nil types and nationalities is being acquired by the British Ministry of Shipping. Their changed names, all beginning with Empire, sometimes give a clue to the story of a captured prize ship. The Empire Ability, for example, is the ex-German Uhenfels, which was brought back to England by a prize crew, who followed the German instructions in the engine room as best they could with the aid of a sixpenny dictionary. A recent issue of "Fairplay," the British shipping journal, reports that the new German liner Dusseldorf has been taken over and renamed Empire Confidence. She is now flying the British flag and bearing precious goods to her new owners. Another valuable German prize is the Hagen (9500 tons), which was seized at Capetown., and has now been renamed Empire Success. Recent acquisitions are two Dutch vessels, which have been renamed Empire Crocus and Empire Zest. Two ex-American ships now appear as Empire Hawkshill and Empire Caribou, while no less than 3000 tons are now running to Britain under new names.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 205, 28 August 1940, Page 2
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181BRITAIN'S SEA PRIZES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 205, 28 August 1940, Page 2
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