The Archive · 1940

German Crew Interned

London, Mar. 23.

Sixty elficers and seamen of a Ger man vessel were Janded at a Scottish port yesterday from an armed. mer~ chant cruiser, and put aboard a spejeiat train en route to an internment The Admiralty yesterday announced {that a British submarine on Thursday {night intercepted the German ship I Heddernheim (4,947 tons) eight miles from land, off the coast of Denr-ark, The submarine, the Admiralty states, has reported the crew of the vessel safe and that the ship has been sunk. I is stated at the Admiralty that no further details of the sinking of the Heddernheim are likely to be available unfit the submarine returns to its base.

An enemy plane attempts to bomb the Cromervnoll yesterday morning, according to information reaching the Norfolle coast Inst night The Cromer lifeboat crew stood by but did mot put out to sea. The lightship is 25 miles out and has no means of communicating with the shore, This is the third undefended Lightship off the Norfolle coast that has been bombed by enemy planes.

Royal Air Force planes which reconnoitred over the German island of Spit on Wednesday were able to c firm the success of the previous night's attack, the Air Ministry anhhownees. Photographs also were taken but owing to opposition from anti-aircraft guns and fighters, it was not possible to approach close enough pictures. apiis taken proved 0 obtain satisfactory

Yaluctess in indicating the extent of material dama ye done.

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