CRUISER TORPEDOED

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 4 August 1941, Page 5

CRUISER TORPEDOED

TWO SUPPLY SHIPS SUNK BRITISH SUBMARINES’ SUCCESSES FLOATING DOCK ATTACKED (Rec. 11.0 a.m.) Rugby, Aug. 3. An Italian cruiser has been torpedoed and possibly sunk and supply vessels totalling 7,000 tons have been torpedoed and sunk by British submarines in the Mediterranean. This news is contained in two Admiralty communiques. The first communique states: "An Italian cruiser either the Eugenio Di Savoia or the Emanuel Filiberato Duca d’Aosta has been attacked in the Mediterranean. This enemy cruiser was in company with a six-inch cruiser of the Garibaldi class and they were screened by destroyers. Two hits were secured and the destroyers were observed later t< be circling the position in which the cruiser had been hit and to be laying a protec \e smoke screen. It is not known whether the enemy cruiser sank. The second communique states: "Submarines operating in the Mediterranean have reported a further successful action against enemy supply vessels of 1600 and 6009 tons W’hich have been torpedoed and sunk. A floating dock towed by two tugs and escorted by a destroyer and two torpedo boats was attacked within less than a mile of the Italian coast. The floating dock was hit by at least one torpedo.