SUBMARINE DEFIED
ROYAL SCEPTRE'S CAPTAIN
KILLED BY TORPEDO
SURVIVOR’S STORY
(Reed. Sept. 28, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 27,
The Rio de Janeiro correspondent of the New York Times states that members of the crew of the 3838-ton British ship Royal Sceptre, which was sunk by a U-boat on September 7, were brought to Bahia (Brazil) by the steamer Browning. The survivors said the missing member, Captain J- W. Gan', was killed by the torpedo explosion. Eye-witnesses said that the submarine hailed the Royal Sceptre, whose captain refused to stand by. The vessel was immediately torpedoed, a shell splinter killing the captain and wounding nine men, some seriously. They are at present in hospital at Bahia. The crew took to the boats and were later picked up by the Browning while the submarine stood by. The Browning’s passengers were thrown into a panic at the sight of the U-boat. They donned lifebelts and rushed to the boats, but the submarine commander pacified them and assured them he would not torpedo the Browning, which he ordered to pick up the Royal Sceptre’s crew and proceed to Brazil.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20054, 28 September 1939, Page 5
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186SUBMARINE DEFIED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20054, 28 September 1939, Page 5
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