SINKING OF TANKER.
PILOT DESCRIBES ATTACK. ACTION IN MEDITERRANEAN. LONDON, Jan. 19. Further details of the attack by naval aircraft on an enemy tanker in the central Mediterranean are given by ono of the pilots who took part in the operation. “Immediately the enemy heard our engines one of the destroyers sheered off, while the other tried to lay a smoke screen,” he said. “This proved ineffective, although wo dropped flares just to make certain of getting tne tanker. We then attacked' and a torpedo hit the tanker, which appeared to be fully loaded. There was a terrific explosion, followed by - vivid orange flashes. A few seconds later there was another explosion, which came from the destroyer. As we left for home there was a glow from the destroyer, which had stopped, as well as tho tanker.”
This is the second ship that these aircraft have torpedoed during the last few days. Two nights previously they attacked a supplv ship which was escorted by destrdyers. The ship was probably hit bv torpedoes. Alter the attack it was seen, to have stopped and there was a column of black smoke coming from it. . - • In December naval aircraft torpedoed a medium-sized supply ship on the way to Tripoli.—British Official Wireless. '
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 85, 21 January 1942, Page 5
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