Heidelberg

Having broken out of Aruba in an attempt to make it across the Atlantic and home, Heidelberg - a German merchant ship - was intercepted by Dunedin at around 7.30am on Saturday 2 March. The crew of Heidelberg began scuttling her before Dunedin could put a boarding party in place, setting fire to the ship, then taking to the lifeboats. Dunedin picked up around twenty-five of them (mostly boys) and then fired several 6-inch shells into her. She burned for hours, finally sinking at around 5.00 pm.

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