Amazing Adventures o f Twelve Londoners on Spanish Vessel Rita Garcia ~TORM-TOSSED in a North Sı ca gale lasting two days... the crew prostrate for hours with sea sickness and many unconscious for long periods everyone expecting that the end would come at any moment, ar ud none caring whether the ship went to the bottom or not... an attempted mutiny These were among the amazing adventures experienced by a party of 12 young Londoners who formed the amateur crew which sailed the ized" Spanish si Rita Garcia (3,708 tons) on her secret journey from Immingham Dock, near Grimsby, to Hamburg, last week-end.
A graphic story of the nightmare voyage was revealed to the "News of the World" on Feb. 5 by Keneth A. Green, 21-year-old clerk, of Victoria, S.W., who was a member of the crew.
Green ékplained that he was formerly a member of a Fascist or; ion in London, and was recti My compel us were magnificent. Whatever may be said about this voyage they showed real British grit.
one time seven of them were lying around me unconscious, and some were in a delirium. But as they recovered they started to work again automatically he crew through that organisation. Thirteen of us left King's' Cross Station for Grimsby on Friday, Jan 28, he stated When we reached there it was dis. overed that one of the men was a oung married woman, masquerading in men's clothes, and she was se ack. It was lucky her in Y what happened.
*We were given a slap-up lunch in Grimsby, and then went on board the oat about 3 p.m. As soon as we arrived the chief engineer and wife and two of the skeleton Spanis! sew, who were supporters of the Spanish Government, left the ship.
At about 9 p.m. we drew up the} companion-way and prepared to sct A motor launch. containing a The storm blew us out of our course, but eventually we found shelter in the mouth of the- Rives be, and reached: Hamburg night When we reached ti c hauled down the Spanish ment flag and the tionalist flag.
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