TORPEDOED CREWS LANDED
LONDON, April 14,
A British patrol ship landed survivors from the Swedish tanker Sveaborg, which was torpedoed off the Scottish coast, and also survivors from the Norwegian ship Tosca, which was torpedoed when going to the assistance of the Sveaborg.
At the moment of issuing the communique, the Admiralty was not precisely informed as to the conditions in Narvik town. Parties of men, possibly German soldiers, have been seen escaping from it over the hills, and further details are awaited. This destruction of seven enemy destroyers was not achieved without some loss. Three British destroyers were damaged in the fight, but not seriously, but the British loss of life i is believed to have been very small.. No estimate' can be made at pre-' sent of the German losses of personnel, but the seven destroyers must have contained more than 1000 men. " ' CONGRATULATIONS SIGNALLED. The . Admiralty has signalled congratulations to the Commander-in-Chief of the British Fleet, Admiral Sir Charles Forbes, Vice-Admiral Whitworth, and the officers and men. engaged in this, vigorous, daring, and skil-fully-conducted action, which may well tend to clarify the situation >on this part of the Norwegian coast. , ■ . The name of the -Cossack is well
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 89, 15 April 1940, Page 7
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