ON THE SEAS
ANOTHER U-BOAT SUNK
OTTAWA, June 13
The Navy Minister, Mr. MacDonald, announced that the fourth German submarine was destroyed by the Canadian Navy in ten weeks, the latest of which is sunk by the Canadian frigate Prince Rupert. A Wellington bomber damaged the submarine six seconds after the submarine broke surface. Prince Rupert’s guns shattered the conning-tower and ripped a dozen holes in the submarine’s hull. Fourteen of the submarine’s crew were taken prisoner. FOURTH D.S.O. WON. "RUGBY, Juno 13. The winning of the D.S.O. .for the fourth time, by Captain Frederick John Walker C.B. R.N. was announced in to-night’s London gazette. The third bar to-' the original order was awarded for outstanding leadership, skill and determination leading to the destruction of six U-boats in the Atlantic.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 14 June 1944, Page 2
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