Richfield Reaper | 1915-11-04 | Page 6 | Ships Seized by War Crews

SHIPS SEIZED BY WAR CREWS dutch and american steamer taken by british warship halifax N 6 the dutch steamer hamborn hagborn from new york and the steamer hocking from now new york for norfolk were brought into port herg here sunday by prize crows crews from a british warship the hocking hoc king was formerly the danish steamer greenland but was recently changed to american registry and was flying the american flag when overhauled overhaul edby by the warships the sheriff of the admiralty court has taken charge of both steamers and has placed armed men mea aboard but nothing has been made public as to why the vessels were seized