Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Monday 20 February 1939, page 1
VESSEL SEIZED
KAhN Ü&fS'
ACTION
BRITISH PROTEST
UNANSWERED
LONDON, Sunday.
It is revealed that on February 5 the Nationalists captured the British vessel Stangrove, near Barcelona, and escorted it to Majorca.
The Stangrove, with a crew of 15, left Valencia on February 3 with a cargo and a non-intervention observer
was on board.
The Exchange Newsagency says that the Stangrove was outside territorial waters when captured.
Britain on February 8 strongly protested to France, but has not yet received a reply.