ON THE SEAS

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 November 1944, Page 5

ON THE SEAS

TWO DESTROYERS SUNK LONDON, November 3. The British destroyers Wheatland and Avondale, operating between islands west of Pagis Island, engaged and sank two enemy destroyers Our forces suffered no casualties. The Avondale was superficially damaged. CONVOY ATTACKED RUGBY, November 3. An enemy convoy proceeding under strong escort of armed trawlers, guncoasters and R boats, was encountered by light coastal forces of the Royal Navy off the Hook of Holland on Wednesday night. Canadian-manned torpedo-boats penetrated the escort screen and scored a hit with a torpedo on a medium-sized supply shib- In the course of a series of attacks over several hours, the enemy escorts were repeatedly engaged and sustained damage. All our ships returned safely. They sustained one casualty. EXPLOSIONS ON FREIGHTER

(Recd. 10.40 a.m.) QUEBEC, Nov. 3. Forty-eight men are missing after the sinking of a British freighter in St. Lawrence River eight miles from Matane, following a series of unexplained explosions. Seventeen members of the crew, on deck at the time of the explosions,, escaped in lifeboats.