File No. 841.857/344
The Consul at Swansea ( Moorhead) to the Secretary of State
[Received 3.40 p.m.]
Affidavits five American negroes, crew British unarmed tank steamer Pinna bound from Newport News-Cardiff, cargo oil; attacked by submarine, Bristol Channel near Milford Haven, 6.30, morning 12th, warning shot sent across bows, steamer failed to stop, shell sent into steamer, slightly injuring one American, no other casualties, steamer torpedoed after crew disembarked in lifeboats; British patrol appeared, submarine submerged, crew returned to steamer, submarine again appeared, torpedoed vessel while crew on board, crew rescued by patrol boats.