Paris, Feb, 28.
A German U-boat was rammed and sunk by the French destroyer Simoun yesterday.
Tht destroyer was on patrol duty with several other. ships when Periscope was sighted. The commander of the Simoun ordered full speed ahead. 'The submarine dived, but a depth charge was dropped, 0 damaging the submarine that she was foreed to come to the surface. The Simoun then rammed the U-boat, the riter Keel of which was ripped' off Further depth charges were dropped, and a huge stretch of oil, about eight miles long, marked the end of the U-boat, Six people were injured, one seri ously, by a shell which exploded on pavement when anti-aircraft batteries opened fire here last night. The guns went into action after" an air raid alarm had been given—Reuter, Unknown Submarines in Collision Bergen, Feb, 28.
In an interview today, the master fof the Arnfirm, which according to the newspaper ""Gula Tidend." collided with a U-boat, stated. that it was the only supposition that the vessel involved was a submarine. Its hull, he said, was not seen, nor was periscope sighted. Ils nationality was not known, The collision occurred off the Scottish coast February 24, the Norwegian captain added.—Reuter.
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