London, Feb. 24, Captain Roy Jennings of the steamer Asiatic, which as far as is known. is the frst ship to ram 9 submarine in this war, said today, think the force of the ship plus the G000-ton argo. must have given those fellows a headache," he said.
Captain Jennings said that "at about 10.30 o'clock on a moonlight hight we were travelling about ten knots when suddenly we felt a terri-fle impact. The ship shuddered. I and several of the crew members saw that we struck a submarine a glaneing blow.
think she must have been sur facing, either to recharge her batteries or wax paying attention to a Tighted "neutral ship visible a short distance away. We must have in-Micted some severe damage becase we saw the submarine on the surface for a long time."
warnings were sounded alan the coast and no bombs were dropped, 'The raider was first sighted coming in from the sea at 1 am. It was also' reported that a German Bomber was sighted flying at a_high altitude off the Norfolk coast, Royal Air Force Muhters were immediately ispatehed to the scene, they said. Bomb explosions and machine-gun fire were heard, but the result of the Dattle was not known.
Inhabitants of the Roker district British Navy Blockading Murmansk Copenhagen, Feb. 24.
British warships have begun a blockade of the northern Soviet port of Murmansk, according to reports Feaching here yesterday.
It was believed that a full squadron of British warships were Outside Murmansk for the purpose of watching the movements of German ships which have taken refuge the harbour. The reports empha sized that the reported British Dlockade did not mean that Britain was intervening in the Russo~ Finnish war. It was believed that the Dblockaders included all detach~ ments previously guarding the Norwegian coast—United Press.
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