SUBMARINE WARFARE

Evening Star, Issue 23372, 15 September 1939, Page 9

SUBMARINE WARFARE

FREIGHTER TORPEDOED ATTACKED SOUTH OF IRELAND NEW YORK, September 14. (Received September 15, at 10 a.m.) The Radio Marine reported that the freighter Vancouver City wirelessed that she had been torpedoed and the crew were taking to the lifeboats. The Vancouver City was en route to England from Panama, and was in the channel south of Ireland. The steamer President Roosevelt reported that she was going to the rescue and a later report from this steamer announced that an aeroplane and a Dutch tanker had rescued the crew of the Vancouver City. WINKLEIGH SURVIVORS GIVEN FOUR LOAVES OF BREAD NEW YORK, September 14. (Received September 15, at 10 a.m.) Captain Thomas Georgeson, the master of the Winkleigh, which was torpedoed on September 8, and 36 members of his crew, arrived at Statendam. They declared that the commander of tho submarine gave them four loaves of bread. BRITISH TANKER SUNK NEW YORK, September I*4. (Received September 15, at 10 a.m.) The liner Manhattan radios that she is deviating from her course in order to rescue members of the crew of the tanker British Influence. The tanker is not listed at Lloyds. SURVIVORS RESCUED NEW YORK, September 14. (Received September 15, at 12.5 p.m.) . The Manhattan radioed that the Ida Baake had rescued the British Influence survivors. The message does not reveal whether the vessel was torpedoed. WARNING TO SHIPPING ST. JOHN, September 14. ((Received September 15, at 10 a.m.) Shipping in the Bay of Fundy has been warned by wireless of the presence of a submarine. FURTHER ATTACK REPORTED CREW SAFE LONDON, September 14. (Received September 15, at 1 p.m.) The owners advise that all are safe on the Ropner liner Firby after being attacked by a submarine. SUBMARINES ELUDED LONDON, September 14. (Received September 15, at 1.5 p.m.) A convoy vessel bound for Scotland successfully eluded two submarines about to attack it, and arrived safely in port. The movements of the submarines were detected some distance from the convoy. The escort vessels took effective action. DANGER ZONES GERMANY WARNS SHIPPING BERLIN, September 14. (Received September 15, at 11 a m.) The radio announced three new danger zones to shipping, including Heligoland and the north coast of Germany. GERMAN SHIPPING LOSSES A FRENCH ESTIMATE PARIS, September 14. (Received September 15, at 1 p.m.) It is semi-officially estimated that French naval patrols have either sunk or caused the interment in neutral ports of 1,105,000 tons of German shipping. It is stressed that when vessels are sunk the safety of the crews is assured. PHOSPHATE CARGO SEIZED DESTINED FOR GERMANY NEW YORK, September 14. (Received September 15, at 10 a.m.) A German firm ordered and paid for the phosphate cargo of the ship Warrior which was seized. FALSE ALARM AIR RAID WARNING IN LONDON LONDON, September 14. (Received September 15, at 10 a.m.) An air raid warning was sounded in the South End. The “ all clear ” was given later, after it had been found that the warning was a false alarm. A later message says that the warning was due to an electrical fault.