The Archive · 1940

Captured German Ship

Unloads at Millwall London, Apr

'The German 8,000-ton' freighter Uhenfels, which was captured the South Atlantic last November and brought up the Thames by tugs last Friday, has almost corns pleted unloading at the Millwall docks. \""She has proved to be a veritable Jweasure ship. It is estimated that {the ship and its cargo are worth roughly £750,000, including tons of oil cake and groundnuts suitable for making margarine, The Uhenfels is the test German ship to reach London since the outbreak of the war.—Reuter, Fiuling in close defensive formation, London Denice; Nazi the British bombers fought back on their faster opponents, and early the engagement one enemy aircraft Consul's Statement Gibraltar, Apr. 8. was seen to go down in flames. Its destruction was confirmed by observ ers in two of the British aircraft. Other German fighters are known to have been damaged, and a second Messerschmitt is also believed to have been destroyed—Reuter.

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