THE MEDITERRANEAN
ENEMY. VESSELS ATTACKED '.'■ '•'■ '' '.'.'. - r '{"' '■■'.'■ ■"• V ■ THREE HIT BY TORPEDcts '-.'.' 'J '\& RUGBY, Ock p. Gn Friday, and early on Satuifjday Horning disaster befell another en/emy convoy: which attempted a pa: cage through 4het Central Mediterranean, says the News Service. The convoy consisted of four me fium to large merchant vessels, including a tanker,-escorted by five destroyer sv and aircraft. TheJ gruelling attack to vihich the convoy was subjected lasted ihter■nittently for seven hours. : ' the convoy .was first attacked by naval aircraft. The destroyers, according to the description of our jjftlots. were milling around in all directions. Within 20 minutes three vessels ;were hit by torpedoes. \ ) -■■ , ■' . S" : ' ' f
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24737, 14 October 1941, Page 7
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108THE MEDITERRANEAN Otago Daily Times, Issue 24737, 14 October 1941, Page 7
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