Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-10-09 | Page 5 | Trawler Sinks U-Boat, Rescues 44 Nazis

Trawler Sinks U- U Boat U-Boat oat Rescues 44 NazIs I. I LONDON Oct 9 A P-A British British Brit- Brit ish sh trawler the Lady Shirley was credited Thursday with shelling and sinking a German submarine in n a spirited battle at sea with what the admiralty called a a. larger and better equipped adversary The admiralty said the layer gun-layer of the Lady Shirley was killed by y machine gun-fire gun from the U- U boat oat and his place was taken immediately immediately immediately im im- im- im mediately by an officer After having been hit by several several several sev sev- eral inch four-inch shells the U-boat U crew held their hands above their heads and shouted that they surrender surrendered surrendered sur sur- rendered render d the admiralty an an- The submarine sank almost immediately immediately immediately im im- im- im mediately and the Lady Shirley rescued 44 survivors who were taken aken to Gibraltar as prisoners The Lady Shirley was on patrol when the U-boat U was sighted on the he surface the admiralty de de- The U-boat U immediately dived and the trawler attacked with 1 depth charges which forced the submarine to the surface The Lady Shirley at once went into action with her inch four-inch g gun n and arid machine guns the admiralty added I