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SUNK IN CARIBBEAN EVADING CAPTURE ACTION OF OWN CREW (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Nov. 3, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 2. Messages from Balboa say that it is reliably stated that a German tanker, the Emmy Fricderich, was sunk by her own crew in the Caribbean Sea in order to avoid capture by a British cruiser.
The Panama correspondent of the New York Times reports that the cruiser encountered the tanker on October 24. The tanker was running without lights and claimed to be a neutral.
Asked why the ship was darkened, the tanker replied that trouble with '.he lights was being experienced. The tanker was then ordered, to stop. It did not comply but replied that it was having trouble with the engines.
The cruiser’s next order, however, was obeyed and a boarding party found the tanker's crew' standing by ‘.lie lifeboats. The captain remarked: “Well, gentlemen, there is nothing you can do. We have opened fhe seacocks and smashed the valves so we had better take to fhe boats.” The cruiser took the crew aboard and stood by until the tankpr sank.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20085, 3 November 1939, Page 7
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