DESTROYER AND MINE-SWEEPER LOST.
The Admiralty announces:—Naval aeroplanes from Dunkirk between ' March 21 and 24 destroyed 10 enemy machines, brought down seven out of control, brought down a hostile balloon, and carried out three bombing raids on Bruges docks. Many direct hits were obtained on sheds upon the quays, and bombs buret close to destroyers. The aeroplanes attacked several torpedo boats, a destroyer, and an armed trawler. A pilot, who was forced to descend at sea, was picked up by a French destroyer. All the others returned. A mine-sweeping sloop was mined and sunk on March 22. Two officers and 64 of the crew were lost. A destroyer, after a collision on March 23 sank. One officer and one man were lost.—(A. and N.Z. and Beater.)
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 74, 27 March 1918, Page 5
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