SEA WARFARE

Grey River Argus, 12 February 1941, Page 6

SEA WARFARE

ENEMY DESTROYER Torpedoed off Norway [BritL.fi Official Wireless] RUGBY, February 10. An Air Ministry communique state: In [he course of reconnaissance and patrol operations by aircraft ol the Coastal Command yesterday an attack was made with torpedoes on enemy destroyers off the Norwegian coast. One enemy vessel was hit amidships. LONDON, February 10. It has been announced in London that an enemy destroyer was torpedoed off the coast of Norway during R.A.F. daylight operations yesterday. TRAWLERS SUNK RUGBY, February 10. An Admiralty communique Hast night announced that the trawlers Almond and Arctic Trapper had been sunk. SHELLING OF GENOA 298 CASUALTIES LONDON. February 10. The British attack on Genoa has been admitted in a communique issued by the Italian High Command in Rome. As usual, the Italains claim that there was no military damage, but they say that 72 persons were killed and 226 injured. CANADIAN NAVY OTTAWA, February 10. Mr Howe announced that forty-five corvettes and thirteen minesweepers were already launched from Canadian shipyards. Fourteen more corvettes and eighteen minesweepers would be ready by May. The Dominion Bridge Company is constructing modern floating drydocks costing 2,500,000 to 2,750,000 dollars, for use on the east coast, possibly serviceable by 1942.