BRITISH CRUISER BRINGS ABOUT BLOCKADE RUNNER'S END. 13 APRIL 1943, MILFORD HAVEN, VITAL RAW MATERIAL, "SUFFICIENT TO EQUIP THREE GERMAN ARMOURED DIVISIONS FOR A YEAR" WAS DENIED TO HITLER BY THE ROYAL NAVY ON APRIL 10, OFF CAPE FINISTERRE, WHEN THE CRUISER HMS ADVENTURE (CAPTAIN R G BOWES LYON, MVO, RN) CHASED AND INTERCEPTED THE ARMED GERMAN BLOCKADE RUNNER THE SILVAPLANA, INWARD BOUND FROM THE FAR EAST WITH A CARGO OF RUBBER AND TIN. ALTHOUGH WELL ARMED THE GERMANS MADE NO USE OF THEIR GUNS WHEN ORDERED TO STOP AND SCUTTLED THEIR SHIP WHEN ONLY 200 MILES FROM CAPE FINESTERRE. - Captain R G B
BRITISH CRUISER BRINGS ABOUT BLOCKADE RUNNER'S END. 13 APRIL 1943, MILFORD HAVEN, VITAL RAW MATERIAL, "SUFFICIENT TO EQUIP THREE GERMAN ARMOURED DIVISIONS FOR A YEAR" WAS DENIED TO HITLER BY THE ROYAL NAVY ON APRIL 10, OFF CAPE FINISTERRE, WHEN THE CRUISER HMS ADVENTURE (CAPTAIN R G BOWES LYON, MVO, RN) CHASED AND INTERCEPTED THE ARMED GERMAN BLOCKADE RUNNER THE SILVAPLANA, INWARD BOUND FROM THE FAR EAST WITH A CARGO OF RUBBER AND TIN. ALTHOUGH WELL ARMED THE GERMANS MADE NO USE OF THEIR GUNS WHEN ORDERED TO STOP AND SCUTTLED THEIR SHIP WHEN ONLY 200 MILES FROM CAPE FINESTERRE. - Captain R G Bowes Lyon, MVO, RN, describing the action with the aid of a chart to the officers and men of the ADVENTURE on arrival back in harbour
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