US boards ship carrying Iran oil as Trump threatens mine-laying vessels

PARIS, Jan. 19—Information of the seizure of the American tanker Nantucket Chief by two Spanish insurgent warships off Barcelona was forwarded from the United States Embassy today to Rear Admiral Henry Tackey, commanding American naval forces in European waters. At the office of the embassy's naval attache, however, it was said Admiral Tackey had not been asked to take any action. He is aboard the cruiser Raleigh at Genoa. An official report on the seizure also was forwarded to Washington. American and French naval authorities sought further information about the Nantucket Chief. News of her plight reached Paris in a message from the French destroyer Vanouelin, which reported seeing her being escorted toward Palma, Mallorca, by two insurgent warships Tuesday. The French navy minister and the American Embassy said it was not determined whether the tanker was taken in Spanish territorial waters. (CONTINUED on Page Four.)