Acting As Supply Vessel For Raider London, May 11.
A German merchant vessel which has been acting as a supply ship for a raider and a Norwegian tanker captured by a raider have been inter cepted in the Indian ocean by the Australian cruiser Canberra and the New Zealand cruiser Leander, states an Admiralty communique.
The German ship is the Cobure and the Norwegian isthe Kettv Brogriv, both of about 7,000 tons, A number of Norwegians and Chinese were rescued and 17 German officers and 47 ratings were captured.
Two days ago it was announced that a raider had been destroyed in the Indian ocean by the British cruiser Cornwall.—Reuter.
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