WARFARE AT SEA

Hokitika Guardian, 1 May 1940, Page 5

WARFARE AT SEA

U-BOAT SUNK

IN A NORWEGIAN FIORD.

(United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).

LONDON, April 29

A Sunderland flying-boat sank a U-boat, which was lying close inshore in a Norwegian fjord. The first bomb burst just above the submarine. 1 A second one burst almost underneath it, after which there was an explosion, leaving only a patch of oil.

CAPTURED GERMAN SHIPS

RUGBY, April 29

Twenty of the 31 captured German merchant vessels have been thoroughly overhauled and refitted, and are in service for the Allies, carrying munitions or food. The refitting of tile remainder is almost complete. The Shipping Minister, in his speech on Saturday, referred to the unsatisfactory nature of the crew accommodation in more than half the captured ships, and the necessity for extensive structural alterations.

TWO SUBMARINES LOST

ALSO TWO TRAWLERS

(Received this day at 9.15 a.m.). LONDON, April 30

The Admiralty announces that the submarines “Tarpon” (under Lieut—- ( bmmaiulor H. J. Caldwell), and “Sterlet.” (under Lieut-Cornmnnder G. H. S. Haward), are now considerably , overdue, and must be considered lost. His Majesty’s trawlers “Bradman,” (Lieutenant A. A. F. Talbot Capes), and “Iretoko,” (Lieutenant A. N. Blundell), were damaged by bombs and subsequently sank. No loss of life is reported.