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Eyssen quickly worked out that this ship would need to pass close by, he stopped to lie in wait. Once again, it shows that a Raider must gather intelligence from every possible source, here we find a resourcetul Captain picking up a signal, then turning the information into a window of opportunity for his ship and himself. It is only through results, ships caught, ships captured or sunk by a Raider, that the success or failure of a specific Captain and his ship may be measured and judged.

On the 17th. a ship was sighted, but it was not the intended victim, as it was a much smaller ship, here was an added bonus, it turned out to be the Dutch "Kota Nopan" of 7,000 tons, going from Macassar to New York, with a very valuable cargo on board, rubber, tin, manganese ore and sago flour.

Although responding to "Komet's" warning fire, with her own stern gun, its firings fell short, this Dutchman was captured intact. She carried a crew of35 Dutch and 16 Javanese, their capture had only enough oil for about another 10 days steaming, it was out of the question to get her home to Germany without the possibility of reflielling her.

SKL were asked if they could assist with supplying tuel, meantime Eyssen ordered that they commence to strip out the valuable segment of the cargo, in case he had to scuttle this prize capture.

Another vessel now appeared, 'Komef' opened fire at 4 miles, and the alarm was raised, after near misses, the ship now stopped. It was the British "Devon," an ancient coal burner, 9,036 tons, having a very miscellaneous cargo of 4,576 tons, later to be described by SKL "as a worthless cargo" back in Berlin, they seemed to be getting "choosey."

The crew carried included 31 British, and 113 Indians. In Roskill's Volume 1 of" The War at Sea, "he says that "Devon," had picked up 'Kota Nopan's" report of a Raider, but ignored it, only to steer straight into 'Komet's" waiting arms.

On the 24th. opf August, the British issued a warning that a Raider was operating in "Komet's" area, this alerted the Americans to the fact that a Raider was in their Pan-American zone of neutrality, and American warships were reported to be on their way to the Galapagos. SKL told both 'Komet" and "Atlantis" to make for Balbo, to oil from 'Munsterland."

"Komet" sheperding along "Kota Nopan" met up with the Tanker and her fellow Raider, Fyssen was the Senior Officer, and argued with Captain Rogge from "Atlantis" about the distribution of fresh food available from the Tanker, the captured ship 'Kota Nopan" was fuelled, and she joined 'Komet" to sail via Cape Horn for home, at least for the Raider, and a forced new home for the Dutchman.

Enroute ships were sighted, including some American ones, they were all lefi in peace, then on the 1st. of November, another ship came into view, but proved too fast for 'Komet" to catch. After crossing the equator for the 8th. time, 'Komet" was ordered to cease her war against commerce, and to come home. West of the Azores,U-561, and U-652 provided the escort, and on the 26th. of November, Cherbourg was reached after 512 days at sea.

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