AXIS SHIPS SUNK
ACTIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SUPPLY SHIPS AND ESCORTS. VICTIMS OF SUBMARINES. (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright). The Admiralty states: “More enemy shipping in the Central Mediterranean Ims been destroyed by British submarines. A submarine attacked a small enemy supply ship that was escorted by four auxiliary craft. A torpedo hit was scored and the enemy ship was seen to sink. Two medium-sized enemy supply ships, one with a destroyer escort, near Djerba (south-eastern Tunisia), and the other 60 miles west of Tripoli, were torpedoed and sunk. Both ships were north-hound “Off the island of Marittime (Sicily) a torpedo hit was scored on a large, modern supply ship escorted by two destroyers. The ship’s engines stopped immediately and it is considered she probably sank. This ship was also north-bound.
A convoy, consisting of a mediumsized laden enemy supply ship, escorted by two naval vessels, was attacked off thes east coast of Sardinia. One of the escorts was sunk by gunfire and the other damaged and beached in a sinking condition. Then the submarine torpedoed and sank the supply ship.— British Official Wireless. *
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 63, Issue 90, 26 January 1943, Page 3
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