London, Feb. 24. The British steamer Stancourt (900 tons), which beached herself in the Firth of Forth on January 30 when atacket by enemy planes, was refloated today. The ship was able to reach, port under her own power.
The report that.H.MS. Nelson, flagship of the British Home Fleet, mas severely damaged last December is considered in naval circles here as so preposterous that it does not merit a denial The report appeared in the "Voelkischer Beobachter," oficial organ of the Nazi Party, which said that the. battleship struck a mine and is no longer battleworthy.—Havas,
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