ENEMY TRANSPORT SUNK

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 June 1940, Page 7

ENEMY TRANSPORT SUNK

BRITISH SUBMARINE’S SUCCESS.

[BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.]

LONDON, June 28.

The Admiralty make's the following announcement: His Majesty’s submarine “Tetrarch,” under Lieutenant Commander R. G. Mills, sank a deep-ly-laden enemy transport of eighteen thousand tons off the south, coast of Norway. Two torpedoes hit the transport, which was escorted by four motor torpedo-boats. These latter unsuccessfully attacked the submarine with depth charges. Enemy planes were also eluded. CANADIAN DESTROYER LOST (Recd. June 29, 10.5 a.m.) OTTAWA, June 28. Mr. MacKenzie King, in the Commons, said that the Canadian destroyer Fraser was sunk in a collision off Bordeaux, during the performance of hazardous duties. Forty-five are dead or missing, and 155 were rescued, seventeen of whom are injured.

GERMAN CLAIMS.

(Recd. June 29, 11 a.m.) BERLIN, June 28.

A communique states that Captain Lieutenant Prien announced the sinking of 40,000 tons of enemy shipping.

ATTACK ON SCHARNHORST.

RUGBY, June 28. • It is now possible to give details of the succesful attack by His Majesty’s submarine Clyde, on enemy capital ships during the night of June 20’, in which the Scharnhorst was again badly damaged. The Clyde was patrolling oft Trondheim Fiord, where the Scharnhorst had been hit by aircraft on June 13. The Clyde observed two large warships escorted by destroy-

ers, and immediately manoeuvred to attack. The conditions were exceedingly difficult, with very poor visibility and rough weather, and, to make matters worse, the enemy ships made a large alteration of course away from the, submarine, during the attack. The attack was pressed home . to the utmost, having regard to the , weather conditions and the speed ■ of the enemy, and torpedoes had to > be fired at comparatively long range. r An attack was carried out on the hScharnhorst, and, at the exact second expected, a shattering explosion told i.

the crew of the Clyde that one of the torpedoes had hit the enemy. This explosion was particularly heavy shaking the submarine and putting out some of the lights.