CAPTURE EVADED
SHIP SCUTTLED
BRITISH RESCUE CREW
SECOND CRAFT TAKEN
CARGO OF WHEAT (Reed. Nov. 23, 11.20 a.rn.) LONDON, Nov. 22. The Admiralty announces that a British warship intercepted the German vessel Bertha Fisser, near Iceland. The Germans began to scuttle the ship after which they took to the boats and were picked ud by the warship. The Reykjavik correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain says that a ship, the wreckage of which bears the name Bertha Fissei is lying in two pieces on the rocks outside Harnafjord harbour. She was shelled during a chase on Monday. The name "Ada of Bergen” was painted on her sides. British warships captured the German steamer Rheingold laden with wheat and took her to a Scottish port The crew were interned.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20102, 23 November 1939, Page 5
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