ROYAL SCEPTRE CREW
NOT ABANDONED AT SEA TRANSFERRED TO AMERICAN SHIP. CAPTAIN KILLED & NINE INJURED. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright NEW YORK, September 26. The Rio de Janeiro correspondent of the “New York Times” states that 32 members of the crew of the Royal Sceptre were brought to Bahia by the Lamport and Holt liner Browning. They said the missing member, the captain, was killed by the torpedo explosion when the ship was sunk. Eye-witnesses said a submarine hailed the Royal Sceptre, whose captain refused to stand by. The vessel was immediately torpedoed, a shell splinter killing the captain and wounding nine, some of them seriously. They are at present in hospital at Bahia. The crew took to the boats and were later picked up by the Browning while the submarine stood by. The Browning’s passengers were thrown into a panic at the sight of the U-boat. They donned lifebelts and rushed to the boats, but the submarine commander pacified them and assured them that he would not torpedo the Browning, which he ordered to pick up the Royal Sceptre’s crew and proceed to Brazil.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 September 1939, Page 7
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184ROYAL SCEPTRE CREW Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 September 1939, Page 7
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