The Archive · 1940

Sultan Star Survivors Landed

London, Feb. 16, The captain and crew of the British freighter Sultan Star, sunk on February 14 by a German submarine, arrived in London last night.

The submarine which sank the Sultan Star was later sunk by a British warship. It had, one of the oficers of the stricken British ship revealed, been waiting for either the Exeter or the Repulse, both of which had been expected' shortly. The Sultan Star was carrying a cargo of eight tons of refrigerated meat and several tons of frozen butter.—Havas.

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