SUBMARINES’ DAY
AXIS SUPPLY SHIPS EIGHT DEFINITELY SUNK OTHERS DAMAGED (British Official Wirelesß.) (11 a.m.) RUGBY, April 12. The Admiralty announces that Id more Axis supply ships have been torpedoed in the Mediterranean by British submarines. Of the 15, eight, including three of medium size, were definitely sunk. Of the seven other vessels hit, three were large supply ships and one a large tanker. Although it was impossible to observe the full effect of these attacks, two of the three large supply ships are believed to have been sunk and the large tanker beached. A number of small vessels were also sunk in the Aegean Sea. The submarine attacks were carried out over a wide area from the Lipari Islands, on the North African coast, to the south Calabrian coast and the approaches to Palermo harbour.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21068, 13 April 1943, Page 3
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