DEFIED COMMANDER OF U-BOAT
SPANISH CAPTAIN ORDERED TO GIVE UP CREW. How the captain of a Spanish ship (Iclourcd 300 miles to rescue survivors from a torpedoed British vessel find then defied a German submarine commander's order to surrender tliem was disclosed recently in ? Spanish radiocast quoted by tho British Broadcasting Corporation. ?ays a London message published in the Christian Science Monitor. The BBC said the Spanish ship \vas proceeding to New York when it picked up an SOS signal from a British vessel. The captain then took his ship 300 miles off its course to pick up survivors. "Shortly afterwards.," the BBC said, "the German submarine which had torpedoed the British vessel stopped the ship and demanded the surrender of its prisoners. "But the captain of the Spanish vessel refused to hand themi over and was allowed to proceed."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 127, Issue 127, 9 July 1941, Page 6
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