The Archive · 1940

Nazi Warship Fetches Dead

Stockholm, Jan. 3.

A German war-ship today entered the Swedish port of Tralleborg, under special permission from the Swedish authorities, and picked up the bodies of the two German seamen who lost their lives when their ship, a mine-sweeper, sank. The German crew and the two Swedish pilots who participated in the rescue took part in the ceremonies at the dock.

"The Lars Magnus Trozelli, 1,951-ton Swedish steamer, struck a mine and sank off the east coast of England a few days ago, it was reported yesterday. Most members of the crew were rescued by a Norwegian vessel near the scene of the tragedy.

The German ship Johann Schute, which lost her propeller and whose crew was taken off by a Norwegian steamer, was driven by currents onto rocks. She is believed to be a total loss.—Haves.

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