SUNK BY U-BOAT
ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER CARINTHIA ALL BUT FOUR OF CREW SAVED ATTEMPT’TO TOW SHIP TO PORT FAILS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON. June 8. A U-boat torpedoed and sank his Majesty’s armed merchant cruiser Carinthia. Two officers and two ratings were Killed and the remainder were saved. More than 200 members of the crew of the Carinthia were landed from a warship in Britain. Another warship is bringing 100 men. The Carinthia was afloat for some time after she was hit. The warships went alongside, took off the crew and towed the Carinthia, which sank before reaching port. The Carinthia was a Cunard-White Star liner of 20,277 tons and is the second British armed merchant cruiser to be lost during the war. The other was the Rawalpindi, which went down last December - with colours flying and guns blazing in a one-sided battle with the pocket-battleship Deutschland. The German High Command announced that a U-boat sank an enemy auxiliary cruiser of 4000 tons northwest of Ireland. Apparently this is a reference to the Carinthia.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1940, Page 5
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174SUNK BY U-BOAT Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1940, Page 5
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