The Archive · 1940

Union Castle Liner Explodes on German Mine

(Continued from page 7) fons was sunk," the announcement Said, "and all the crew was saved by 'a Danish ship. The Danish steamer Ivan Kondrup, 2360 tons, was also sunk. Eleven survivors were landed by British vessels, but there were still ten men missing. The third vessel sunk by Nazi aircraft was the Danish steamship Teddy, 955 tons. There was no news of the crew of this ship available, All these were small unescorted merchantmen."

The Germans also carried out five attacks on other British ships, wounding at least 32 men aboard a lightship. In addition to attacks on shipping, Nazi air raiders flew over the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth yesterday. The British lightship was heavily damaged and it was feared that one of the crew was fatally wounded. Others were seriously wounded during the raid.

The raiders strafed and bombed the ship's decks. The lightship, which was enroute to relieve another lightship, was attacked for half an hour. Sixteen members of the crew of the lightship were wounded and were landed at an east coast port. They were all taken to a hospital for treatment. Eight of the wounded seamen had their faces and hands bandaged and were released after first aid treatment.

In addition to five larger vessels attacked by the German planes, it was learned that Nazi raiders attacked five fishing smacks off the east coast of Scotland, None was wounded on the smacks, however, and they all returned safely to their home ports—United Press,

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