The Archive · 1940

German Crew Interned

London, Mar. 23.

Sixty officers and seamen of a German vessel were landed at a Scottish port yesterday from an armed merchant cruiser, and put aboard a special train en route to an internment camp.

The Admiralty yesterday announced that a British submarine on Thursday night intercepted the German ship Heddernheim (4947 tons) eight miles from land, off the coast of Denmark. The submarine, the Admiralty states, has reported the crew of the vessel is safe and that the ship has been sunk. It is stated at the Admiralty that no further details of the sinking of the Heddernheim are likely to be available until the submarine returns to its base,

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