OCEAN MYSTERIES CLEARED UP
GERMAN SEA'RAIDER RETURNS
FATE OF THE WAIRUNA
ELEVEN STEAMERS SUNK
(Rec. February 27, 1.25 a.m.)
London,' . February 25.
Ffho Admiralty states: ''In reference to a German official report stating that the German auxiliary cruiser Wolf . -bad returned after a fifteen months' cruise, it is presumed that sho sunk in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean the following vessels, taking prisoner the crews:— Turritells, Jumna, Wordsworth, Dec, Wairuna, Winslow, Beluga, Encore,. Matunga, Hitachimaru, and Igdtzmendi. . The Turritella, an unarmed mar-' chantman, was captured in February, 1917, and equipped for mine-laying. Shortly afterward-! she encountered a British warship. The prize crew scuttled the Turritella and surrendered.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 137, 27 February 1918, Page 7
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111OCEAN MYSTERIES CLEARED UP Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 137, 27 February 1918, Page 7
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