FIRST DETAILS.
Sinking Of Italian Destroyer
Last Week.
AIR AND SEA CO-OPERATION.
LONDON, July 4.
The Cairo correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says the first details of the sinking of the Italian destroyer Eepero on June 29 show that British warships were taking up positions for a convoy when a Royal Air Force aeroplane reported sighting three destroyers. They were intercepted by the British ships at the exact point indicated by the aeroplane.
The leading British ship opened fire at 18,000 yards, in a failing light. A terrific explosion in the hindniut-t ship within 20 minutes indicated a direct hit. Later a shell hit the magazine and the fire spread rapidly. The ship finally blew up.
The other Italian snipe escaped under cover of a smoke screen and darkness.
British destroyers have landed at Alexandria 99 survivors of Italian naval units sunk since June 27.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 158, 5 July 1940, Page 7
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