Nazi Cruiser Badly Damaged By British Torpedo
LONDON, December 20,
Well-informed official quarters confirm that the heavy German cruiser Dlucher (10,000 tons) was badly damaged by ,a Britsh torpedo, according to the Berlin correspondent of the “Neuezurcher Zeitung.” It is officially estimated that a total of over 50 U-boats have been sunk by the Allied fleets, says a Paris cable. The French Minister 'of the Navy (M. Campinchi) .announced that two more German submarines had been destroyed by the French naval forces.
One of the U-boats was sunk by the destroyer Sirocco, making her third victim.
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Northern Advocate, 21 December 1939, Page 5
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