ON THE SEAS

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 March 1943, Page 5

ON THE SEAS

BRITISH TRAWLER LOST

LONDON, March 6. The Admiralty has announced the loss of the trawler Lord Hausham. , GERMAN CLAIM LONDON, March 6. The Berlin radio says that German long-range bombers attacked an Allied convoy in the Atlantic, hittm o and setting fire to three ships.

U.S.A. TRIBUTE TO THE NAVY

RUGBY, March 6. The “New York Times” pays a moving editorial tribute to the Royal Navy It says: “While British capital slffps' have been replaced, cruisers nearly so, and destroyers and submarines more than replaced, has been no replacement loi the men who died. They were sac^^ c v fered by Britain to keep the enemy from her own shores and from ouis, to maintain sea-borne commerce to save the oceans for human liberty. Ships and crews of United States are now partners in this world-wide enterprise. Our warships b o furth , with greater hope ol .Y lc X oiy A,.-f;eb they could have done il the Butish Fleet nad not held the sea lanes bravely for two tragic yeais alone. GERMANY AND SWEDEN

RIO DE JANIERO, Mar 5. It is reliably reported that Germany has suspended the sate conduct for Swedish vessels. Informed circles are of the opinion that the action marked the opening of a submarine campaign against neutral shipping in the Atlantic. U.S.A. PROGRAMME WASHINGTON, March 6. The United States Secretary ol the Navy (Colonel Knox) m his annual report to Mr Roosevelt revealed Wat the bulk of 6,675,000 tons of new warships would be on active sei v in 1945 two vears before schedule. He added that a vast programme lor the construction and conversion of aircraft-carriers would pro vide the United States with the strongest lighting force in the history of naval warfare. He said the Navy did not plan to return to its former dimensions after the war, but must be guided by the requirements ol a permanentlv enlarged fleet. The United States Maritime Commission has announced that American shipyards delivered 130 new ships, totalling 1,239,000 tons, m February. They comprised 81 Liberty ships, 23 C type cargo ships, nine tankers, 23 special types, one concrete barge, and one coastal ship? SUBMARINE’S SUCCESS

WASHINGTON, March G. The United States Navy has • announced that a single submarine, commanded by Lieutenant-Com-mander Lucius Chapwill, ol Columbus, Georgia, sank 13 Japanese ships, including three warships.