6 More Enemy Vessels For Libya Sunk
(Rec. 1.30 p.m.)
RUGBY, Dec. 23
An Admiralty communique states that six more enemy transports or supply ships have been accounted for by submarines of the Mediterranean fleet. One of these was a large supply ship which already hadi been seriously damaged by a torpedo from one of our submarines. Another of our submarines has carried out a most successful attack on an enemy convoy consisting of two large supply ships or transports with destroyer escort. Both large ships were sunk. After the explosion of the torpedoes the submarines heard a further explosion and the noise of the ships breaking up as they sank. Merchant Cruiser? One large ship out of another convoy which was escorted by a cruiser and destroyers was hit by a torpedo. The explosion of the torpedo was followed by a much heavier explosion. Another of our submarines torpedoed a large tanker. It is considered that this ship also sank. A medium-sized ship has also been torpedoed. This ship may have been an armed merchant cruiser. After having been torpedoed she was seen to be on fire and had a severe list.
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Northern Advocate, 24 December 1941, Page 4
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