Rhein
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The
German freighter Rhein was at the outbreak of world war
two in Tampico in Mexico. After being laid at anchor for
months, they decided to break out and set course for
Germany through the waters of neutral America. They were
pursued by American naval ships despite that the country
was still neutral, and was 11. December 1940
"accidentally" seen by the Dutch sloop HNLMS Van
Kinsbergen that fired warning shots to stop her. The crew
put her on fire and prepared to scuttle her, and while she
was full ablaze in flames the English light cruiser HMS
Caradoc arrived. The cruiser fired over twenty shots with
their 6" guns after they had taken the crew prisoner. The
wreck was found in 1991 and rest today on a depth of 40
meter at Dry Tortugas approx 70 nautical miles northwest
of Key West in Florida.
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  Pictures: HNLMS Van Kinsbergen & HMS Caradoc Wikpedia & Naval History 
 Poster from Hamburg Amerika Linie 1900 Last updated: 24.June 2019 |
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