Successful Attack On Tripoli
LONDON, December 25,
An Admiralty communique states that the following report has been received from Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham: “Naval aircraft attacked the har--bcur of Tripoli, North Africa, on the night of December 20-21. “The attacks were extremely successful, the quay being repeatedly hit. Warehouses were set on fire and one was seen to blow up. “Seaplanes attacked with torpedoes a convoy of three merchant ships escorted by a destroyer. One 3000-ton ship was seen to blow up, and another, of 6000 tons, was also sunk. One aircraft failed to return from the operation."
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Northern Advocate, 26 December 1940, Page 2
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