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Friday 7 June 2019

Norwegian torpedo boats used against smugglers according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant evening edition dated 25 September 1922

Christiania, Monday 25 September. One of the two torpedo boats handed over to the Customs Service to patrol against alcohol smugglers stopped last Saturday on a distance of 2½ miles off the coast the German smuggler Fortuna with on board 10,000 litres alcohol. The torpedo boat was forced to use her guns to stop the smuggler.