RAID ON TRIPOLI
SHIPS ATTACKED
BIG FIRE ON MOLE
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, April 17.
A special Royal Air Force (Middle East) communique states that on the night of April 16-17 a heavy raid was carried out on shipping and harbour installations in Tripoli by the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air, Arm.
One medium-sized tanker was hit. A heavy explosion followed, and the vessel burned fiercely for over -an hour. There were many near-misses to other shipping.
Vessels anchored outside the harbour were also attacked. Several direct hits were registered on the Spanish mole. One large white flash was seen, and a big fire was started at the town end. Searchlight positions were . ■ also machine-gunned.
All the British planes returned safely,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 92, 19 April 1941, Page 9
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123RAID ON TRIPOLI Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 92, 19 April 1941, Page 9
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