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Updated: May 29, 2025
Whenever her prisoners grew in number sufficiently to cause inconvenience the Porfurst spared one of her prizes for the purpose of landing the captives in some remote port. It was by a pure fluke that the raider ran almost blindly under the guns of the Tompion.
He was on the point of handing the type-written list back to the purser's clerk when he noticed a few names written in red ink three civilians who had been taking passages in ships that had fallen victims to the raider Porfurst. "MacGregor Robert; of Umfuli, Rhodesia that's remarkable," thought Wilmshurst. "That's the name of Rupert's chum. Wonder if it's the same man?
Enquiries of the released prisoners resulted in the information that they had been treated by their captors in a far better manner than the Huns generally deal with those unfortunate individuals who fall into their hands. The kapitan of the Porfurst was no exception to the usual run of Germans.
Under the impression that the convoy consisted of unescorted merchantmen the Porfurst steamed athwart their track, and slowing down to eleven or twelve knots, awaited the arrival of a likely prey. Finding too late that the convoy was not so impotent as at first appearance the kapitan of the Porfurst attempted a daring ruse.
During the course of the day Wilmshurst heard the salient facts in connection with the raider's career. She was the Hamburg-Amerika intermediate liner Porfurst, who, after being armed and camouflaged, had contrived to escape the cordon of patrol-boats in the North Atlantic. For three months she had followed her piratical occupation, re-provisioning and re-coaling from the vessels she captured.
Thinking I would do the trip round quicker by sea I took passage on the Ibex, a tramp of about two thousand tons, and within twelve hours of leaving Walfisch Bay the boat was captured by the Porfurst." "I hope I'm not tiring you with too many questions," said Wilmshurst after he had made several enquiries respecting his brother.
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