BRITISH DESTROYER SUNK
AFTER SHOOTING DOWN PLANES. (Received 11.10 a.m.) (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, June 19. An Admiralty communique says that on Wednesday evening- 12 German bombers attacked His Majesty’s destroyer Wild Swan, 300 miles west from the coast and also attacked a Spanish trawler fleet which was fishing in the vicinity. The result of this attack was three Spanish trawlers sunk and a fourth damaged. H.M S Wild Swan shot down four Junkers 88’s and two others which were probably hit, collided in the air and crashed into the sea. thus half the German raiding force was destroyed H.M.Si. Wild Swan, herself, was damaged in the engagement and unfortunately collided with a damaged trawler which sank. Eleven members of the crew of the trawler, including the skipper, were rescued and have now landed in a British port. The Admiralty regret to announce that H.M.S. Wild Swan was subsequently sunk but the crew was picked up There were a small number of casualties.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15074, 20 June 1942, Page 3
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