Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume I

150 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Governor-General of New Zealand — [Extract]

150
The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Governor-General of New Zealand
[Extract]

19 May 1940

Circular daily war telegram. 1

An enemy raider may be at sea in the South Atlantic. The indications are mines off Cape Agulhas, the sighting of a suspicious ship on 2 May, and the fact that the British SS Scientist (6199 tons), 2 which left Durban on 27 April, is overdue. Two German merchant ships, which may be acting as supply ships, have escaped, one from Azores and the other from the Canaries.

1 Daily war telegrams on the progress of the war were sent by the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to each of the Dominion Governments.

2 Sunk by the German merchant raider Atlantis in the South Atlantic on 3 May 1940.