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BRITISH SUBMARINES
(Rcc. 11.10 a.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 14* "British submarines .in the present war have sunk 300 enemy supply ships, including many transports, and have damaged nearly 50 more and sunk or damaged 87 German and Italian warships, including more U-boat; than were destroyed by British submarines in the whole of the last war," said Admiral Sir Max Horton at the launching ceremony of a new submarine. The Admiral pointed out the very high dividend which our comparatively small number of submarines has paid in successful actions against the enemy. The figure of enemy supply ships accounted for, however, was inevitably below the number of Allied vessels sunk by U-boats, because of the fit greater volume of Allied shipping which was regularly at sea all over the world, compared with the restricted amount of enemy tonnage in service in narrow protected waters.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 66, 15 September 1942, Page 5
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