SUBMARINE SINKINGS

Evening Star, Issue 23376, 20 September 1939, Page 9

SUBMARINE SINKINGS

LINER AVUEMORE LOST ONLY ELEVEN SURVIVORS LONDON, September 19. (Received September 20, at 10 a.m.) The Exchange Telegraph Company states that a submarine sank the 4,600ton Furness liner Avuemore. There were 11 survivors. TWO TRAWLERS SUNK LONDON, September 19. (Received September 20, at 10.5 a.m.) The trawlers Lord Minto and Arlita were submarined. The crews were rescued. Several merchantmen eluded submarine attackers, including the Rothesay Castle, the Baharistan, and the Baroon Lovat. THE COURAGEOUS SURVIVORS NOW TOTAL 681 LONDON, September 19. (Received September 20, at 10.5 a.m.) Additional survivors of the- Courageous number 25 officers and 230 ratings. The total is now 70 officers and 611 ratings. The Chief of the French Naval Staff telegraphed Mr Churchill that the French navy learned of the glorious end of the Courageous, and feels how alive and real are the links binding it to the British Navy. The survivors of the Courageous include Captain C. F. Phillips, who was a lieutenant of marines on the Australian tour. He later served in the New Zealand Navy and married a New Zealander. REPORTED SAFE ATTACKER OF COURAGEOUS BERLIN, September 19. (Received September 20, at 1 p.m.) The High Command states that a U-boat has reported that it sank the Courageous, thus showing that it escaped the British depth bombs. ATHENIA SURVIVORS EN ROUTE TO AMERICA LONDON, September 19. (Received September 20. at 11.20 a.m.) One hundred and fifty American survivors from the Athenia and seventy other Americans left Glasgow aboard the Orizaba, which was specially chartered by the United States Government. The ship bears huge American Hags at port and starboard, and is floodlit every night. Many children are aboard. IN ICELAND PORT LANDED FROM SUBMARINE LONDON, September 19. (Received September 20, at 11 a.m.) The Exchange Agency’s Reykjavik correspondent says a German submarine landed two injured men, after which she was ordered to depart. SLIPPED AWAY IN NIGHT INTERNED POLISH SUBMARINE MOSCOW, September 19. (Received September 20, at 10.5 a.m.) The interned Polish submarine Orzel slipped away during the night. IN SOUTH ATLANTIC GERMAN SUBMARINES BUENOS AIRES, September 19. (Received September 20, at 11 a.m.) A newspaper critic says that four German submarines surrounded two Argentine battleships last week off the Brazilian coast. They vanished after identifying the warships. GERMAN LINER AT KOBE ARMING NOT ALLOWED BY JAPANESE (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 19. (Received September 20, at 11 a.m.) A Ministry of Information bulletin states that the Japanese newspaper < Hochi Shimbun ’ is cited as stating that the German liner Scharnhorst, now at Kobe, is being converted into an armed raider. The Ministry of Information announces that the British Naval Attache at Tokio was informed by the Japanese naval authorities that the arming of German ships in Japanese ports will not be permitted, as it would be an infringement of Japanese neutrality. FRENCH WARSHIPS’ SUCCESS FOUR DR FIVE SUBMARINES SUNK PARIS, September 19. (Received September 20, at 1 p.m.) French warships have sunk four or five German submarines.