SHORT LIVES.
NAZI SUBMARINE CREWS. NINE CRAFT SENT TO BOTTOM (Received This Day, 12.45 p.m.) LONDON, October 4. The Admiralty announces that in addition to seven German U-boats and two Italian submarines sunk, others have been damaged. The communique adds: “It has never been; the policy of the Admiralty to announce successes against U-boats when they occur, or .at regular intervals, since such announcements wouldbe of operational value to the enemy. It is known, moreover, that the moral effect of the disappearance of a U-boat without indication of the cause of the loss is a potent factor, among U-boat personnel. An interesting light is thrown on this communique by a report received to-day from .Balkan sources, that published statistics of certain German in r surance companies reveal that the average life of an officer or man serving in a German submarine is 62 days.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 308, 5 October 1940, Page 5
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