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Armed Merchantman Carrying Explosives ATTACK BY DESTROYERS
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(Received 13, .845 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 12. The first encounter between an armed merchantman and destroyers in the Mediterranean is graphically described by the captptin «f tke Oabo Santo Tome. The merchantman was carrying a oargo o 5 explosives from Odessa to Cartagena when insurgent destroyers appeared without warning and opened fire at long range The Cabo Santo Tome replied with her two four-inch guns and several quickfirers and an hour's hot action ensued. The warships closed in and the shells eventualJy set fire to the merchantman. The flames were beyond control and the crew, numbering 100, one of whom had been killed, took to the boats. The Cabo Santo Tome blew up. ^ Fishing boats picked up the survivors and took them to Lacalle. Six were wounded. A fisherman said that a woman wa# among those rescued. The Cabo Santo Tome defended so energetically that one of the destroyers was disabled and had to be taken in tow.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 17, 13 October 1937, Page 5
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