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In Arctic, British light cruiser Nigeria and British destroyers Bedouin, Jupiter, and Tartar capture German weather ship Lauenburg; A boarding party from the destroyer HMS Tartar seized a large amount of material that would be useful in cracking German codes, and then the Lauenburg was sunk by gunfire.
HMS Tartar’s boarding party prepares to board German weather ship Lauenburg, 28 June 1941
HMS Tartar’s boarding party prepares to board German weather ship Lauenburg, 28 June 1941