CRUISER SUNK.
BOMBED BY NAZIS IN NORWAY.
FIRST BRITISH LOSS BY ATTACK.
(Received This Day, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, May 31
The Admiralty announces the loss by enemy bombing action of his Majesty’sship Curlew off the coast of Norway. Heavy bombing attacks have been delivered on ships engaged in shelling enemy positions and protecting coastal areas and convoys, during which many enemy aircraft have been destroyed. • The Admiralty states that occasional losses are inevitable in the confined waters in which these operations are being carried out, and it was during these arduous operations that the Curlew was struck by bombs and subsequently sunk. This* is the first British cruiser sunk by enemy action in the present war.
Built in 1917, the Curlew was reconstructed and rearmed as an anti-aircraft cruiser in 1938, her original armament being replaced by 10 4-inch anti-air-craft guns. —British Official Wireless. The Admiralty announcement of the loss of the Curlew discloses that the loss occurred while His Majesty’s ships were operating in the Narvik area. Difficulty in obtaining the names of survivors prevented, an earlier announcement. Four officers and five ratings are missing.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 200, 1 June 1940, Page 5
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