Enemy Troopship, Tanker, Destroyer Sunk Off Libya
(Rec. 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY. May 23. An Admiralty communique states that a troopship of about 9000 tons and a tanker of about 7000 tons were sunk by our submarines off Libya. An Italian destroyer was hit by a torpedo, and it is considered probable that she was sunk.
A large schooner of the type used for ammunition carrying was also sunk, and a somewhat smaller schooner was shelled while at anchor and hit several times.
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Northern Advocate, 24 May 1941, Page 6
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