THE SKAGEN LIFEBOAT BRINGING TO SHORE THE
PRISONERS FROM THE "IGOTZ MENDI" 166

AT SKAGEN: GERMAN PRIZE CREW OF THE "IGOTZ
MENDI" UNDER GUARD, AWAITING INTERNMENT 180

THE COURSE OF THE "WOLF" End paper




FIVE MONTHS ON A GERMAN RAIDER




CHAPTER I

THE CAPTURE OF THE "HITACHI MARU"


The S.S. _Hitachi Maru_, 6,716 tons, of the Nippon Yushen Kaisha (Japan
Mail Steamship Co.), left Colombo on September 24, 1917, her entire
ship's company being Japanese. Once outside the breakwater, the rough
weather made itself felt; the ship rolled a good deal and the storms of
wind and heavy rain continued more or less all day. The next day the
weather had moderated, and on the succeeding day, Wednesday, the 26th,
fine and bright weather prevailed, but the storm had left behind a long
rolling swell.