ITALIAN NAVAL INACTION
SHORTAGE OF DESTROYERS . ■ LONDON, July 14. " Lack of destroyers is imposing inaction upon the Italian Naval Command," says the ' Daily Telegraph's ' naval correspondent. He points out that the two •Italian fleets have not attempted to put to sea since the Allied invasion of Sicily. "It is doubtful;" he says. " whether Italy at present could send to sea more than 25 destroyers. The Italian destroyer strength was so. whittled away when' these craft were responsible for escorting reinforcements and supplies for the Axis armies in North Africa and the Dodecanese that the Italian navy now lias insufficient destroyers for the needs of 'even, one fleet."
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Evening Star, Issue 24917, 15 July 1943, Page 5
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