Show Young o ng British British Sail Sailors rs Ride Out ut I Iv Two in In Atlantic AN EASTERN PORT June 5 6 UP Torpedoed five Torpedoed five days in an open boat rescued boat rescued at last and then torpedoed again three again three more days in an open boat boot on the Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic and finally safe ashore That was the experience of ot two British lads one 15 years old the theother theother theother other 17 whose first reaction to the torpedo's crash into their rescue rescue rescue res res- cue ship was here we go again The torpedoing of ot the ships one Norwegian the other Dutch was announced Friday by the navy Of Ot the 48 crew members on the Norwegian ship at least 14 survived survived sur sur- the two The others were unaccounted for bu but believed rescued Crew Members Killed On the Dutch ship there were 75 crew members including two passengers rs in addition to the 14 rescued from the Norwegian ves ves- sel More than 15 Chinese crew members were killed when the Netherlands vessel was torpedoed miles off of shore May 26 but butI I the number rescued was unc r tain Victor Haggith of ot Wembley England 17 said that he was the youngest gunner in the British merchant marine and that he ran away from school to join a ship a year ago because he got a bit fed up with staying ashore The other boy was Frank McMillen McMillen McMillen Mc- Mc Millen 15 of ot Greenock Scotland who said he just joined up Lured by High Pay Both boys shipped for their al almost almost almost al- al most fatal voyage on a Norwegian Norwegian Norwegian gian ship because they frankly admitted the pay was higher Their ship was torpedoed on May 20 in the Atlantic The torpedo shook us about a 0 abit bit and left a pretty big hole said Victor Everybody was scared me Included We could have made port but the submarine came up upi i and started shelling The crew scrambled into lifeboats lifeboats lifeboats life life- boats and as they pulled away they saw the submarine still shelling their vessel They were five days in the e boat The sea was rough it t rained and one day they the had to heave leave to and put out a sea anchor Their daily dally rations were four biscuits biscuits biscuits bis bis- bis- bis two inches inches' of water in a acup acup acup cup and two bits of chocolate A Netherlands merchant ship rescued them and Frank said they were given clothes coffee and tea they they fed us well and gave us a bed Victor took up the story The next night I was w s in a cabin listening to the and reading a book when I heard crashes and felt the ship lurch I nearly went through the ceiling and thought here we go again I ran out the book still in my hand grabbed a and got gotoff gotoff gotoff off in the nearest boat Frank was in the same boat and the boys told how the submarine captain quite a 0 nice bloke he was asked if It they had enough and then tossed them several several several sev sev- eral packages They were made of ot hay I think maybe that's why he gave them to us Victor explained NEW YORK June 5 UP Naval UPI Naval officials of ot the eastern sea frontier frontier frontier fron fron- tier stretching from Canada to Jacksonville Friday said the submarine submarine submarine sub sub- marine menace in the Atlantic ocean between those points has been steadily decreasing and that the actual losses suffered by the united nations is but slightly more than one-half one of 1 per cent Of 2500 ships sailing from an eastern port these officials said the actual losses between December December December Decem Decem- ber 7 1941 and May 31 this year were exactly six and one-fourth one of 1 per cent We have been getting help from England one official said including corvettes and fishing trawlers The situation will continue continue con con- to improve with the addition addition addition addi addi- tion of ot other protective boats oats |