WARFARE AT SEA

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24326, 17 June 1940, Page 8

WARFARE AT SEA

BRITISH CRUISER SUNK VICTIM OF ITALIAN TORPEDO LOSS OF ARMED MERCHANTMAN LONDON, June 15. (Received June 16, at 10 p.m.) ' The Admiralty announced that the light cruiser Calypso (4180 tons), with Captain H. A. Rowley in command, was sunk by an Italian submarine in the Mediterranean. ' One officer and 38 ratings are missing. An Admiralty communique states that the armed merchant cruiser Scotstoun was sunk yesterday by a U-boat. Two officers and. four ratings are missing, and it is feared that they have lost their lives. The remainder of the officers and ship’s company have been landed at a British port. The Scotstoun sank with her guns firing and her gunnel’s deep in water, holding shells over their heads as they loaded and shelled the U-boat, whose periscope was 250 yards away. Attacker Sunk The'survivors say the gunners sank the U-boat. The crew, totalling 350, came on deck in pyjamas after the explosion. A reconnaissance plane found the crew after eight hours. The Scotstoun was formerly the 17.046-ton Anchor liner Caledonia. In home waters, the trawlers Myrtle and Ocean Sunlight were sunk by enemy mines. It is feared there are no survivors from the Myrtle. Eight ratings from the Ocean Sunlight are missing and must be presumed to have lost their lives.