GERMAN RAIDER
SAID TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED BY BRITISH CRUISER ENTERPRISE. REPORTS IN MONTEVIDEO. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) MONTEVIDEO, December 9. Unofficial reports are circulating that H.M.S. Enterprise has closed in with the German raider in the South Atlantic. It was previously reported that Carnarvon Castle officers had received word from the Enterprise that she had sighted and was overtaking the raider.
• NO CONFIRMATION x NEWS IF TRUE MAY BE DELAYED. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 12.20 p.m.) RUGBY, December 9. Official naval circles in London have nothing to say on reports that the British cruiser Enterprise is in contact with the German commerce raider which escaped from the auxiliary cruiser Carnarvon Castle. This is not surprising, as if any British warship has the good luck to get on the track of the raider so soon after its recent escape, a period of silence would be expected before she would make any signal. The Enterprise has a speed of 33 knots and is armed with seven 6-inch guns, so that the German ship, if she has fallen into the way of this cruiser, is not likely to be able to evade action, nor is its result ' in much doubt.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 December 1940, Page 6
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