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Tuesday, 9 August 2016

Norwegian torpedo boat Teist torpedoed and sunk German smuggler Tara 2 according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 5 August 1923

An item dated Kristiania [nowadays Oslo], Norway 4th reported that the Norwegian torpedo boat Teist (1) torpedoed and sunk the German smuggler Tara 2 in the Kristianiafjord. Two German crewmembers were killed, one was taken prisoner. The newspaper De Indische courant dated 8th reported that they were smuggling booze. 

Note
1. Launched at MV Horten, Norway on 14 December 1906, completed in July 1908 and scuttled on 14 April 1940, 2nd class torpedo boat.