SWEDISH SHIP
SUNK BY U=BOAT OFF COAST OF BRAZIL OFFICERS TAKEN PRISONER. PROTEST AGAINST VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.10 p.m.) MIAMI, May 31. A German submarine torpedoed the Swedish motor-ship Industria off the Brazilian coast and took prisoner the vessel’s three officers. This was revealed by survivors who reached Miami. Sweden has already protested to Berlin against the violation of neutrality. It is the first known instance of the Germans taking prisoner Swedish sailors. The Industria is the tenth Swedish vessel reported to have been sunk in American waters.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 June 1943, Page 4
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94SWEDISH SHIP Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 June 1943, Page 4
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