ON THE SEAS

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 May 1944, Page 5

ON THE SEAS

r'RENCH NAVY. ■ LONDON, May I'7. The- Paris radio annormef-d that, as a result of negotiations between the French mid Gorman Navies, the French Navy, the Toulon part of which was re-floated will be handed over to the French Navy, in accordance with the armistice conditions. BRITAIN'S NEW MINE LONDON, May 14. A Swedish sailor alter six voyages on German convoys, says the British are using a new type of mine with Qualities both magnetic and acoustic, reports the Associated Press Stockholm correspondent. The new mine cannot be swept. The sailor who travelled between Keil and Rotterdam reported that ship after ship was sunk by British planes and torpedoes. CANADIAN FRIGATE SUNK RUGBY, May 15. An Ottawa message says that the Canadian frigate, Valleyfield, has been, torpedoed and sunk" while on escort duty in the North Atlantic with, the loss of five dead and 121 missing. There were 38 survivors. The vessel sank almost immediately. She is the first Canadian frigate to be sunk and the first Canadian ship lost while on escort duty since the destroyer St. Croix was torpedoed last September.