"GOOD AUGURY"
CAPTURE OF THE WESER
(British Official Wireless.) (Received October 4, 12.30 p.m.)
RUGBY, October 3
. The following cable has been received by the Canadian Government from the First Lord of the Admiralty: "Please convey congratulations to all concerned on the capture of the German ship Weser. This early success for his Majesty's Canadian ship Prince Robert on her maiden voyage, I am sure, is a good augury for the future."
The Prince Robert, an armed merchant cruiser, captured the Weser off the coast of Mexico on September 25.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 83, 4 October 1940, Page 8
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