SIX SHIPS SUNK
AXIS CONVOY BOUND FOR TUNISIA BRITISH NAVAL SUCCESS (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (British Oificial Wireless.) (11 a.m.) RUGBY, Dec. 3. An Admiralty communique states that on Tuesday night light forces commanded by Rear Admiral C. H. J. Harcourt engaged an enemy convoy bound for Tunisia, sinking four ships and two of the escorting destroyers in a spirited engagement following the discovery of the convoy by aerial reconnaissance during the dav. Our forces, which sustained neither casualties nor damage in this action, consisted of the cruisers Aurora, Sirius, and Argonaut, and the destroyers Quiberon and Quentin. The convoy when attacked unavaiiingly scattered and made smoke. Later, whilst returning to the base, our force was attacked both by dive-bombers and torpedo-carrying aircraft. The Quentin was hit and subsequently sank. A majority oi her company, including the commanding officer, were rescued. The Argonaut is a new cruiser of unspecified class and dimensions.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20958, 4 December 1942, Page 3
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151SIX SHIPS SUNK Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20958, 4 December 1942, Page 3
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