THE CAP NORTE'S RUSE
The 13,615-ton Hamburg-South America liner Cap Norte adopted an elaborate disguise in a desperate effort to avoid capture by the Royal Navy, says the London "Daily Telegraph." When she was rounded up after three weeks of freedom at sea, she had been repainted. Her funnel was yellow instead of yellow and black. She had substituted "Ancona" for her " own name and the Swedish flag was painted on her side. This was announced by the Admiralty in a statement issued through the Press Bureau. Bad weather made the Cap Norte short of fuel. The cargo of 5641 tons included 2893 tons of wheat. In the refrigerating chamber there were 440 casks of horse flesh, three boxes of caviare, and 500 boxes of lemons. When the Cap Norte slipped out of harbour at Pernambuco, Brazil, she was believed to be carrying supplies to an enemy commerce destroyer.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 116, 13 November 1939, Page 10
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149THE CAP NORTE'S RUSE Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 116, 13 November 1939, Page 10
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