WEST INDIES RAIDER

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 November 1940, Page 4

WEST INDIES RAIDER

ANOTHER MACKAY RADIO REPORT STEAMER SIGHTS SUSPICIOUS ' SHIP. ENEMY VESSELS AT TAMPICO RAISE STEAM. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright! WASHINGTON, November 24. , The Mackay radio reported that a second freighter radioed that she had sighted a suspicious vessel at longitude 55.11 north, latitude 20.40 west. A message from Tampico (Mexico) states that three German ships there, including the Orinoco, and nine Italian freighters have steam up, causing rumours that they are planning to depart.

The Mackay radio station reported on Sunday having received a message from the British steamer Port Hobart, saying that she was being shelled by a raider off the West Indies. The position of the Port Hobart was given as 500 miles north-east of Puerto Rico.

Built in 1925 for the Port Line, Ltd., then the Commonwealth and Dominion Line, by Swan, Hunter, and Wigham Richardson. Ltd,. Newcastle-on-Tyne, the Port Hobart'and her sister-ship the Port Dunedin were the first refrigerated motor-ships built, for the trade between New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The Port Hobart, which has a gross tonnage of 9430, has been a regular trader to New Zealand during the 15 years she has been in service. U=BOAT VICTIMS SWEDISH AND BRITISH STEAMERS. (Received This Day, 9.15 a.m.) NEW YORK, November 25. The Mackay Radio reports that the Swedish steamer Anten was torpedoed at 7.30 p.m. G.M.T. on Saturday. A radio signal at 11.12 G.M.T. today announced that, she was still afloat, her position being about 57.15 north and 17.40 west, but that she was breaking up amidships. Thirteen men were still aboard with one life raft only. The British steamer Temple Inn was being attacked by a submarine at 56.15 north and 08.41 west at 11.45 G.M.T. today.