Age 24.Rerrigerating greaser.Own ship 7000 tons.Sunk by li~t cruiser.2 English ships Bunk by German.

Age 19.Asat. Cook.]llame of vessel KOMERAN6 gu.na, 15 em.6 torpedo tubes.All crew got away.

Age 21.Sailor.Crew o-f 400.Felllsinder got away in 3 cutter"s and 2 o1;her boats.6 guns 15 em.Tonnage 6000-8000.Sent-tled, ,[fedne day evening betWeen 1600 and 1700 hI'S.Dossn't lmow Whether one got away.

Age 22.p. O. Engine De}lal'tment.RefUsed to give name of ship but states num~ers were26823 and 140.6ai~ed from Gennany December last year, 1940.First stated. German vessel ",as sunk by merchant shipand then amended this to Bay by warship.Has been Q'Dcrating in Indian and other oceans.C;rew: 400 Bp;proX.Some got away in a sailing cutter.

Age 26.SailorJ.. year from Germany.

ta1>es vessel Vias Sunl'<, not sUGttledand that vesselhad no name but a nwnber, 26823.

Age 21.S1>ated vessel was German aupply ship.Sailor.sunk by EngU sh light crui ser af'ter returning fi reo:5 guns, 10 C.l!\..2 torpedo tubes.II months away.5 ships in all sunk.Vessel's tonnage 8100•

Age 20. Refused to talk.

Age 43·.At sea since outbreak of \'Val'.Engineer (greaser)11 months away from Germany.states- own ship' B No. wa-s 141 and name "KOMERMT".Remainder of cre,,! distributed among various boatsand raf't s.Own vessel sunk by 7000/8000 ton cruiser.Returned f1 rc.Sailed from 1'C.1el and more or less brOUght away by force •

.Age 22.10 months away f'rom Ger~.

OWn &hip I S name "KOJoJERAN".At first stated that a merchant &hip did the sinkingbut- later amended thi-s to say the vessel scuttledherself after mucn destruction on b0~~u.

Crew got away in 3 sailing cutters and many lubberfloats, some of wbich held 2, some 3 and up to 7.Sank approx. 6.00 p.m. Wednesday, 19th November, 1941.

KNOLL

Fri tz !IIEBER

Gerhard XELLER

\'lnn SAUERBIER

SGHltFFER

FrJ;

I.!ax HAIDlERTN.2058l bl"'T

Wilhell'n CRAMER

.Hans HESSE

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Lli T- ~ GERMAN PERSONNEL FOtmD AT SEA AlID S'rATEMENTS IHDE OliI 23.1l.4J..

Age 20.FiremanOil ship.1 year f'rom Germany.SUpplied with oil from German vessel 4 months age.Diesel electric.1.8-20 knots maximwn.

Aged 23.1elder but in clerical department.

Doesn't know how many mines.S or 6 English ships sunk.Pri50ne~'3 ''Tent away on German 6h1p.

Age 29.~l men.t-ha B"1a,y.p.a.Fly.ing corps.2 I?la.ne:s, both or which can car:uy torpedoes.6 or 7 English ships. BUnk.

CAm vessel su.nk on '.!ednesday, 19/11/41., t'our beingkilled and aotion lasted one hQur.

Age l8.Sailor.states "fair sized" vessel.No t inf'o-rmetivee

Age 21.Red CrossSunk- by gu..n.t'ire by which eveI'Y'thing onboard smashed.Captain gave "Abandon Shij" orde1".Action occurred about 4.00 p.m. on 19th Nov."any wounded.

Age 23.Le1't Germany 3rd December, 1940.Engine Department.tated f'irst "no planea" and then "two planes".

SUnk by gunfire.Asserted damaged (British) ship.Crew 4QO.

Age 21Waiter Officers' Mess.German Raider' 7000 tlilns.6 guns1 plane.250 - 300 mines.Action at 5 miles.Stated mines were dropped 6 or 7 miles from C~Jlon

bu t s tatement re mines was 1ate.r wi thdrsi'lIl..Sailed from Hamburg and to Indian Ocean.4 or 5 ships su.nk.150 English p.I'-iaoners taken away by German ship.

Age 27.P. a.Engine Department.Sunk English. ships "~IBA" and "FROLOGOS", :possiblymore.Captured ~ersonnel to another vessel 5 or 4 months agofor transfer to France.4 Chinamen remained onboard voluntarily.200 mines were carried and were to have been laid o~f

Madras but were not la.id, this 4 months ago, also offcoast of Australia.1 plane carried.

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GERHARDT GRc:lS MA1'll~ Age 25.Bosun' a mate.Doean't know hoVi Dlflny minee.Confirms ship hovin", sunk Australian IIMARIB ".

~. THURO •

Willi GALUSHKA

129 BORDFE ST.51.: 96 A.(Ii tiI'icationcUe. )

Rerbert CASTEL

Enrich ELZEBUSGH

Hans WEINBERG

Edmund. BUTTDlER

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.Age 22.Engine Departme"_t.States English 6hi~ hit. own ship, 10000 tons, firedtorpeao •Vessel ex "STEHRMJ\RK", A.Harbach Lines.Motor di.esel•

Age 22..Asst. in Engine Department.States last 131'1 tiah ship' EI c-rew sent to Germany 8 Weeksago.No. of own ship 41.

.Age 21.Fireman.states that after action both ships on fire.

Reported seeing other survivors yesterday, Saturday,going towa.rds the East. states cru.iser was burning.

This l.ast ac<t1on (when German wss sunk) teok place atapprox. 10 kilometres, when she waa interce~tedbyEnglish ship and aaeed her nationality. Ge~

replied "Holland tl , whereupon Eriglish ship opened i'ire.Sank last Engliah ahip 8 weeks sgo and crew was transfer.red for passage to Germany.

Age 25.P.o. Engine Room.8 months cruising round Indian Ocean.

Age 21."Handyman".States there were mines but doesn't know how many.Didn't lay mines as they were chased for three daysby ~glish cruiser, t~~s on 19th October, 1941, inBay of' Bengal.17 or 18 knots.Range of' attacker 9000 metres.Opened fire at 2-3000 metres.Britiah shi~ fired first and the action lasted 30 to45 minutes. All dl:ll'llsge in Engine Room, EngUsh shipstated to be on fire. no sign of other Germ,an lit'esaving boats and rafts during the 4 days they have beenadrift. Casualties of action 1 dead and 1 dYing.

:1111 SCHLIEBER

:!.!tr.Ob.Gef'.Eugen FROHLICH

RoUe PRANGE

Heinl'ach CARL

FRO EL.