Evening star., 1940-02-05
Ninesweeper,
Damaged in
Nazi Raid, Sinks
81 Believed Lost
On British Ship,
46 Are Saved -
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 5.-The British
minesWeeper Sphinx, badly DAM
aged by German air raiders Satur-
day, sank today as she was being
towed toward port in heavy weather.
-Four officers and As men were miss
ing and believed lost.
One officer and four men were
known dead additionally. Forty
four men and two officers were
saved.
The tow-line broke and the ship
capsized as she entered port.
The Sphinx was one of at least II
vessels attacked by Nazi raiders
Saturday in damaging sweep along
Britain's east coast from Scotland
to the Humber estuary.
Ole other vessel, the 629-ton Nor
wegian steamer Tempo, was sunk,
and several others were damaged
badly, but were able to make port.
The 875-ton Sphinx was completed
in December. 1888 at cost of about
S500,000. Normally she carried
complement OF 80 men, but more
were aboard for war duty.
Two Steamers Feared Lost.
Meanwhile, two Scandinavian
steamers were feared lost, according
to a dispatch from OSLO
The 1,387-ton Norwegian ship
Segovia was reported missing with a
crew of % and l passenger on a
voyage from Portugal to Norway.
She was last heard from in the Bay
of Biscay, January 20.
The other was the 1,357-ton
Swedish steamer Andalusia, re-
ported sunk and her crew of 81
lost.
Labor Leaders Gather.
Trade union leaders of the engi-
neering industry gathered today at
the call of Labor Minister Ernest
Brown to help find ways of speeding
up munitions and arms production.
One government objective was to
increase the number of plants
working around the clock. Another
| question was whether 100000
women in the war industries would
receive pay equal to that of men in
similar jobs.
Fred Smith, general secretary of
the Amalgamated Engineering
Union, said the Governments pro-
gram for ornaments EXPANSION was
the most ambitious eva seen and
great amount of new labor would
be required.
Sinking of the Location British
steamer Portelet by mines over the
week end was disclosed today when
nine survivors landed at an east
coast port. Two of the ships crew
were killed.
British Press Anger Rises.
The anger of the British press rose
against what newspapers termed
''murderous" German attacks on
North Sea shipping.
The attack on a 10th vessel
Saturday was disclosed today by
Edward Mullender of the trawler
Villa, who said two German planes
flew over his ship 80 low that we
could have hit them with stone"
"We dived into the galley, where
we heard bullets scattering on the
ship like peas on tinplate," he said
I'VE found no damage and shortly
after the planes left heard ex-
plosions as they apparently attacked
a large steamer in the distance"
Germany called the raids a
counter blockade" and Berlin's
communique yesterday declared Il
ships were sunk Saturday at a cost
of three German planes.
The communique said, in part
that scouting planes attacked Brit
ish men-of-war and armed or con-
voyed merchant ships and despite
the heaviest anti-aircraft ano
counter-a attack defense, sank mine.
sweeper, four outpost boats and nine
merchantmen"
British sources called the German
claim absurd" and said it Woulo
have been impossible for the attack
ing pianes-12 "at most"-to have
done so much damage.
Attacked Ships Listed.
The British acknowledged attacks
on the following ships with bombs
or machine-guns, or both:
British minesweeper Pink. Fiv,
known lost, 40 missing and fearee
dead, 46 saved.
British steamer Harley, 400 tons
The crew of eight was reported
brought to port by a fishing boat
guided to the scene of the attack
| by Royal Air Force plane.
British steamer Kildale, 3,87,
tons, bombed with reported loss o.
six lives. Earlier reports said the
Kildale sank
British steamer Cortland, 3,43l
tons.
British collier Yewdale, 1923 tons
British trawler Rose of England
223 tons.
Norwegian steamer Tempo, 62s
tons, sank after machine-gun at
tack killed at least of IA crew.
men.
Greek steamer Nicolaou Zografia
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