U-BOAT RAID
ON DUTCH WEST INDIAN ISLAND THREE TANKERS TORPEDOED OIL REFINERY SHELLED. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) WASHINGTON, February 16. It is reported from Willemstad, in Curacao, that an Axis submarine torpedoed three tankers and shelled the Standard Oil Company’s refinery at Aruba. The refinery was only slightly damaged. One tanker was torpedoed near Willemstad harbour. Though badly damaged, it has been saved. Aruba is the depot where oil is transferred into ocean-going tankers. It lies about 20 miles north of the coast of Venezuela and about 50 miles west of Curacao. Last week it was announced that the United States had sent troops to Curacao and Aruba to help the Netherland armed forces to defend them.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 February 1942, Page 3
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116U-BOAT RAID Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 February 1942, Page 3
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