BRITISH SAILORS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20047, 20 September 1939, Page 5

BRITISH SAILORS

CREW OF COURAGEOUS MORE VESSELS SUNK OTHERS ELUDE ATTACK STORIES OF SURVIVORS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—Unitod Press Assn.) (Reed. Sept. 20, noon.) LONDON, Sept. 19. Additional survivors from the aircraft carrier Courageous, which was sunk hy a German submarine, comprise 25 officers and 230 ratings. The total rescued is now 70 officers and 611 ratings.

The survivors 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.

The Plymouth correspondent of The Times reports that the Courageous, accompanied by a screen of destroyers, was on offensive patrol when she was attacked at about 8 p.m. on September 19.

The chief of the French Naval Staff has telegraphed the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, that the French navy had learned of the glorious end of the Courageous and “feels how alive and real are the links binding it to the British navy.” U-Boat Claims Escape A Berlin message says that the German High Command states that a U-boat has reported that it sank the Courageous, thus showing that it escaped the British depth bombs. The Exchange Telegraph Company states that a submarine sank the 4600-ton 'Furness linen Avucmore. There were 11 survivors. The trawlers, Lord Minto and Arlita, have been sunk by submarines. Their crews were rescued Several merchantmen eluded submarine attackers, including the Rothesay Castle, Baharistan, and Baron Lovat. Ship’s Cat and 13 Sailors The ship’s cat and 13 members of the crew of the Rudyard Kipling, which was sunk by a submarine, have landed. Ten of the men were taken aboard the submarine and brought to within five miles of Ireland. They were then put aboard the trawler's boat and towed by the submarine, the commander of which asked for a supply of fish and fresh bread. He was told by the cook that they had not baked any. Thirteen survivors from the Bramden, which was sunk on September 16, have reached England from France. The captain, engineer, and a fireman were killed. A survivor said that an explosion occurred without warning and rent a gaping hole in the side. The boilers blew up and two lifeboats were smashed. The survivors escaped in a third boat and were taken aboard a lightship. Claim of 30 Victims The Berlin radio station announced that the German submarine which torpedoed the British tug Neptunia claims so far to have sunk 30 British ships, totalling 190,000 tons. The Exchange Telegraph Agency's Reykjavik correspondent says that a German submarine landed two inlured men, after which it was ordered to depart. A British warship landed 33 Germans'at Falkland Island for internment. They were part of the crew of the Carl Frizzen, which the Royal Navy dealt with the day after war was declared.

A report from Stravanger states that a column of fire rising suddenly from the sea was seen at 8 p.m. on Sunday. It was visible for 10 minutes and was estimated to be GOOft. high