An item dated Christiana 17 November reported that the 16th was started with the disarmament of the German auxiliary cruiser Berlin which arrived the same day there. The newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated the 18th published an item dated Drontheim 17th that the 16 was started with the disarmament of the Berlin which arrived the 15th. The newspaper Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad dated 20th published an item dated Christiana dated the 19th that the Berlin entered Drontheim with boiler damage was disarmed and that her captain and officers were on land and the sailors on board interned. The crew of the near Drontheim stranded British auxiliary cruiser Weimar was released. This release was according to international laws making difference between entering a port being damaged or entering being in peril.