HIT BY FOUR TORPEDOES
(Rec. 10.50 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 12
A German communique states that a U-boat hit the British aircraft-carrier Eagle with four torpedoes and sank her. The Eagle was part of a stronglyescorted convoy in the western Mediterranean. Berlin radio reported that since the evening of August 11 strong German and Italian air formations and submarine forces have been fighting in the western Mediterranean large British convoys, which were escorted by the bulk of the British Mediterranean Fleet.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 38, 13 August 1942, Page 5
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80HIT BY FOUR TORPEDOES Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 38, 13 August 1942, Page 5
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