British Subs Score In Mediterranean
(8.0. W., 1.45 p.m.) RUGBY, December 6. British submarines continue the offensive against German shipping and Ger-man-controlled shipping in the Mediterranean. An Admiralty communique states that an escorted medium supply-vessel was torpedoed and sunk off Samos. Another medium supply-vessel was sunk by torpedo while lying at anchor in Monemvasea Bay, southern Greece. Fourteen small supplyrships, several of which were carrying ammunition, were destroyed elsewhere in the Aegean. One submarine successfully bombarded warehouses on the shores of Naxos Island and sank a seaplane moored in the bay. A floatingdock 300 feet long being towed was destroyed in the same area. l In addition to successful actions in the Aegean, a British submarine torpedoed and sank a large landing-cr,aft in tow in the Gtilf of Genoa. The landing-craft was laden with motor transport. Off-Toulon a medium tanker was hit by a torpedo, but it was not possible to observe the full result of the attack. The communique adds that submarines which carried out these successful attacks were under the command of Lieutenants Ainslee, Turner, Drummon, Gatehouse, Crawford, Clutterbuck and Gordon.
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Northern Advocate, 7 December 1943, Page 3
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