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FLOWN BY ENEMY RAIDER BEFORE ATTACK ON CONVOY IN ATLANTIC. FIRE OPENED SUDDENLY. l ßy Telegraph—Prys* Association—Copyright FUNCHAL (Madeira*. February 18. The raider which attacked the British convoy in the Atlantic last week flew the British flag, according to survivors. Powerful and heavily-armed, it joined the convoy about midnight on February 13 and about 250 miles south-west-ward of Madeira, and steamed with it for about four hours, when it suddenly increased speed and began firing. The British ships, after a few moments of surprise, returned the !lr< and are believed to have hi! the raider, which made oil at top speed. H is understood the convoy consisted of 18 ships, of which six were sunk Six have arrived al Madeira anti lilt* whereabouts of the remainder an- iml known
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 February 1941, Page 6
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