10 British, 8 Neutral Ships Sunk Last Week
(Received 1 p.m.) LONDON, December 25
The Admiralty states that 10 British ships, totalling 6581 tons, and eight neutrals, totally 10,839 tons, were sunk last week.
The total tonnage of 17,420, compared with the German loss of 32,565 tons by the scuttling of the liner Columbus last Wednesday, shows an excess of the German loss of 15,145 tons..
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Northern Advocate, 26 December 1939, Page 8
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