SUBMARINES BUSY
MEDITERRANEAN SUCCESSES
Rec. 1.30 p.m. RUGBY, July 14. An Admiralty communique states: The Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, reports further successes by submarines of his command. The Italian tanker Strombo (5232 tons), which, as previously reported, put into Istanbul seriously damaged by a torpedo from one "of our submarines, has now been sunk while on the way back to Italy to undergo repairs. A heavily laden supply ship, of about 5500 tons, which was sailing in convoy escorted by an armed merchant cruiser and a destroyer, has also been sunk. A large sailing vessel, transporting enemy troops and military stores, has been sunk in the Aegean.
"Another submarine, finding no enemy shipping on the high seas, attacked by gunfire the enemy anchorage of Ras Tayones, near Bengasi. In this attack an enemy supply ship of about 1500 tons, and an armed trawler were certainly damaged and probably sunk."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 165, 15 July 1941, Page 7
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