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EAST AFRICAN AREA ACTIVITY OF PATROLS SINKING OF TANKER (Reccl. Nov. 18, 9 a.in.) ’CAPETOWN. Nov. 17. The Capetown correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says the entire South African aerial and coast patrols are searching for the armed German raider which sank the tanker Africa Shell in Portuguese East African territorial waters. The tanker’s crew said the raider was a "pocket” battleship, which is supported by the fact that she was the same tonnage. The raider fired a shell across the bows of the tanker. An officer and ratings boarded the tanker and took food-stuffs and wines and the captain aboard the raider. The remainder of the crew, consisting of six Europeans and 21 natives, rowed to the shore. The naval correspondent of the Daily Telegraph points out that there was ample time for either the Deutschland or the Admiral Scheer to reach this region travelling at an economical speed of 15 knots. Significance attaches to the fact that the Africa Shell is a tanker, though she was empty when sunk.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20098, 18 November 1939, Page 5
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