The German cargo steamer Rhein (631 tons), of the Hamburg-Amet Line, which left. Tampico, mexico, 18 days ayo to run the British Dlockade has been intercepted and captured by the Dutch destroyer Vanikingsvergen off the coast of Cuba, the U.S. Navy Department announced today.
The crew of the German steamer tempted to scuttle the vessel before abandoning her.
Several days ayo, another German freighter, the Warwald (5,033 tons), of the same company, was scuttled by her crew of the approach of the British cruiser Diomede, after her second attempt to run the blockade.
The first German ship to be scuttled was the Phrygia (4.1237 tons), also of the Mamburg-Amerika Line, which was sent to the bottom by her crew cif Tampico when the captain mistook vessels of the American net tality patrol for British warships Reuter.
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