ATTACK ON SHIPPING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 December 1939, Page 5

ATTACK ON SHIPPING

GREEK STEAMER SUNK EITHER BY MINE OR TORPEDO. OTHER NEUTRAL AND BRITISH LOSSES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, December 7. The Greek steamer Paralos (3435 tons) was sunk either by a mine or a torpedo in the Thames estuary on December 6. Three members of the crew were killed, the remaining 26 being rescued and landed by a British steamer. Ten are receiving hospital treatment. The Paralos was en route [Torn Antwerp to Piraeus carrying German coal. The Norwegian vessel Primula (1024 tons) was sunk in the North Sea after an explosion on December 4, and eight members of the crew are missing. The remainder were landed at a Scottish port by a Danish steamer which picked them up from a raft. The British steamer Huntsman (8196 tons) is missing and is presumed to have been lost.

The Danish steamer Ove Toft (2135 tons) was mined and sank in the North Sea. Six of the crew of 21 are missing. COLLISION IN CONVOY SHIP SUNK IN ATLANTIC. (Received This Day, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, December 7. The Chancellor was sunk in lhe Atlantic, as the result of a collision in a convoy. All the crew were rescued. DUTCH MOTOR SHIP TORPEDOED IN ENGLISH CHANNEL. SIX MEMBERS OF CREW MISSING. (Received This Day, 10.45 a.m.) AMSTERDAM. December 7. It is officially announced that the motor-ship Tajandoen was torpedoed in the English Channel. The ship was en route to Java, with a general cargo, after calling at a British contraband station. Sixty-eight persons were aboard. An Italian vessel picked up 34, including six of the fourteen passengers. Later the other eight passengers were rescued and only six members of the crew are now missing. The ship went down in flames.