The Archive · 1940

British Plane Saves Crew

Oslo, Feb. 15.

A British plane was responsible for saving the whole of the crew of 30 of the Danish. steamer Chastine Maersk (5,177 tons) after it had been sunk by a German U-boat.

The plane sighted the men in lifeboats and called a Norwegian ship to the rescue. The Chastine Maersk was working conditions.

The spokesman added that although the date for the reopening of the Yangtze had not been revealed, it would take place in the not distant future.—Reuter. en route from Mororco to, Denmark with a cargo of phosphate fertilizer. The crew were given time to take to the boats, after which 27 shells were fired into the ship by the German submarine.—Reuter.

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