OVER 100 NOW
SURRENDERED WARSHIPS
Rec. 11.45 a.m.
LONDON, Sept. 14.
Over 100 Italian naval vessels of all sizes have reached Malta and other Allied ports, says Reuters Algiers correspondent. They include five battleships, six heavy, cruisers, two light cruisers, one auxiliary cruiser, 27 destroyers, one seaplane-carrier, 19 submarines, 12 torpedo-boats,, six corvettes, and one hospital ship.
"The Italian fleet is scrupulously honouring the engagement entered into by the Italian Government," says the Allied naval commander at Algiers.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 66, 15 September 1943, Page 5
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