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BERGEN, Norway--The American freighter City of Flint, shunted about the seas since its capture a month age today by the German pocket battleship Deutschland, will unload its cargo here and sail for the United States as soon as possible, Captain Joseph A. Gainard said today...
...conference was held at the U.S. consulate after Capt. Gainard had broadcast to the United States an account of his ship's 26-day odyssey after its capture on Oct. 9 by the German pocket battleship Deutschland as a contraband carrier
...fate of City of Flint caused an angry stir in the U. S. State Department (see p. 16). From a naval viewpoint it was much bigger news that the 10,000-ton Deutschland-perhaps also her sisters Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee-was at large as a raider. Prime Minister Chamberlain took official cognizance of Deutschland in his weekly report to the House of Commons. She was known to have operated off Newfoundland between Oct. 5 and Oct. 15, halting two Norwegian vessels and sinking one of them, in addition to Stonegate. Admiral Scheer was believed operating...
These ships combine speed, range, armor and gun power which would make it unwise for Britain to send out anything less than a Hood, Repulse or Renown, battle cruisers which could shoot Deutschland to bits with 15-inch guns at 25,000 yards, without fear of the German's eleven-inch reply. Britain's next best bet would be heavy cruisers of the "London" class, but Deutschland could penetrate a "London's" armor at 15,000 yards, whereas "London" would have to get within 8,000 yards to use her eight-inchers effectively...
...British ships could catch Deutschland on a short run (31-33 knots against 26 knots) but not in a chase the length of the Atlantic, where the Germans' fuel endurance at economical speeds would be superior and the British would have to stop and tank up. Only two other Allied ships which could take on the German raiders are the French Dunkerque and Strasbourg (30 knots), based at Brest...