SHIPS GO THROUGH
TWO U-BOATS SUNK. (N.Z. Press Association.—Copyright.) (Rec. 2.0 p.m.) RUGBY, May 19. An Admiralty communique says the Royal Navy has escorted a convoy with valuable equipment and stores to and from North Russia in the course of which His Majesty's ships and naval aircraft destroyed at least two Üboats, also probably sank one or two more, and probably damaged others. The onlv British loss was the destroyer Mahratta, which was torpedoed and sunk.
The Allied convoy, which was one of the biggest, yet, carried about 250,000 tons of war /material. The battle covered a number of days on the outward and homeward trips. Vice-Admiral I. G. Glennie, who commanded the new Rrittsh cruiser Black Prince, said the battle was fought out in the Arctic Circle in appalling weather—ele'ven degrees below .zero. The two kills were made by Swordfish aircraft. One pilot, although suffering from appendicitis, hit his U-boat the first time, scoring a probable kill. Less than 24 hours later he underwent a successful operation in the sick bay. Thirty survivors were picked up from one U-boat.—Official Wireless.
Admiral Glennie was formerly on the New- Zealand station in command of H.M.S. Diomede.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIV, Issue 146, 20 May 1944, Page 6
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