Christoph Van Doornum
... that one of the first acts of the Second World War on the continent of North America was the seizure of the German cargo ship Christoph Van Doornum by the Sheriff of Botwood?
... that one of the first acts of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Second_World_War" id="mwCs0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> on the continent of <a href="./North_America" id="mwCs4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North America">North America</a> was the seizure of the <a href="./Germany" id="mwCs8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Germany">German</a> <a href="./Cargo_ship" id="mwCtA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cargo ship">cargo ship</a> <b id="mwCtE"><a about="#mwt40" class="mw-redirect" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"SS","href":"./Template:SS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Christoph Van Doornum"},"2":{"wt":""},"3":{"wt":"2"}},"i":0}}]}' href="./SS_Christoph_Van_Doornum" id="mwCtI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="SS Christoph Van Doornum" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><i>Christoph Van Doornum</i></a></b> by the <a href="./Sheriff" id="mwCtM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sheriff">Sheriff</a> of <a href="./Botwood" id="mwCtQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Botwood">Botwood</a>?