The Archive · 1940

London, Dee. 14

Survivors of the armed merchant cruiser Forfar who landed at a Scot~ port today told how the torpedoed sinking. British vessel sank the faltacking German U-boat with qua fre The Forfar sank in the north Atlan-tie, they said, but three lifeboats got away. One, containing 21 members of crew turned over six times in the ext four hours, and only six of the iginal "seamen were aboard when they were rescued by o freighter, the survivors related.

'One survivor said that "I have been told' that destroyers of. three other Usboats in the pack turking to intercept shipping near where we foun Another said. "We got the submarine that attacked us all night"

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