U-Boat London, Mar. 15. ju which an armed trawler fought a German submarine for seventeen hours and finally sank it off Scotland as officially revealed The trawler, equipped with special submarine detecting apparatus, encountered the U-boat off the Scottish coast and immediately "gave chase. A furious running battle resulted. The trawler was hit several times and started taking water. Although the trawler had never before exceeded a speed of fifteen knots, it increased its speed to 161% knots despite the fact that water in the engine room was almost knee-deep, The trawler vibrated terri cally from the unusual speed but managed to encroach on the U-boat and found the range, scoring several direct hits sink it, There were no sur=
/ors.—United Press,
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