AFRICAN AIR PATROL
GERMAN SHIP STOPPED SET AFIRE BY CREW (Reed. Dec. 4, 2.20 p.m.) CAPETOWN, Dec. 3. The German ship Watussi, of 9500 tons, which was scuttled by her crew to avoid capture and which was the first fruit of South Africa’s extensive and unceasing coastal patrols, at first refused to reveal her identity or to change her course. The plane threatened to bomb her whereupon the captain pleaded that there were passengers aboard. He changed the course only after two bombs had been dropped ahead, but soon after this dense smoke came from the ship. Ten boats put off, including women and children. A warship picked up the survivors while the ship blazed furiously.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20112, 5 December 1939, Page 7
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116AFRICAN AIR PATROL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20112, 5 December 1939, Page 7
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