U-BOATS “FIRING TORPEDOES FROM ALL DIRECTIONS”
OTTAWA, March 15.
Two hundred survivors from the crews of sunken ships revealed on their arrvial in Canada that a group of German submarines “firing torpedoes from all directions” attacked a convoj r en route to Canada from England.
They sank four ships. Other ships were hit but remained afloat. Members of the crew said the convoy was attacked twice within six hours several days after leaving England. A large auxiliary vessel, an oil tanker and two freighters were sunk.
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Northern Advocate, 17 March 1941, Page 5
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