Ottawa, June 15.
Fifteen British seamen from a British freighter sunk recently in the North Atlantic wore landed here today, The seamen had been rescued after spending 83 hours in an open Tt was feared that their 25 companions had perished after a German Submarine torpedoed the vessel. Three crewman were killed by the torpedo. explosion—United Press.
Survivors Reach England London, June 18, The captain and seven members of the crew of the British steamer Kemmending, which was sunk by a German raider in the Indian Ocean on July 13, 1040, when on a voyage from Capetown to Rangoon, were landed at a British port on Saturday.
They said the raider shelled the Kemmendine heavily and the crew und passengers had to take to the boats. The Germians took them aboard, and then sank the Kemmendine with two torpedoes, THe captain and some officers and sailors of the Kemmendine were brought on deck to witness the end of their ship The eight survivers landed in Britain. spent several months aboard the raider during which time they saw 10 Allied, vessels sunk by the German ship. They fared fairly well aboard the raider but when transferred to a captured Yugoslav ship they were almost on the verge of starvation" and their allowance of, water was so small that they collected condensation from the steam pipes andi vain water, The Yugoslav ship grounded on the coast of Italian Somaliland and the survivors were sent to an Iallan prison camp. where they underwent severe hardship before being freed by South African. troops after the Suecessful East African advance.
The majority of the passengers of the Kemmendine. numbering 36. and) the crew totalling 1M, were transferred to another vessel captured by the raider and are believed to have been sent to Germany—Reuter. issite at acer it still has a good sway to go to reac fee fea ube oanaee another sluma_ which soda fourth unit are With the "French see the plain. of
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