SUCCESSFUL ACTION
DESTRUCTION OF ENEMY CONVOY AT COST OF ONE BRITISH DESTROYER. THRILLING STORY TOLD BY NAVAL OFFICER. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright! LONDON. May 4. The Alexandria correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain says that Captain Phillip Mach, commander of the destroyer Jervis, returned to port with a thrilling story of the action fought between Sicily and Tripoli last month, in which an enemy convoy was wiped out in half an hour. The other British destroyers engaged were the Janus, Nubian and Mohawk. The convoy was taken by surprise, and the destroyers closed in after the rising of the moon. The Jervis shelled and sank a destroyer of the Spica class. The Nubian hit a destroyer of the Folgore class, which was beached. The Janus sank the largest destroyer, the Luca Tarigo. The Mohawk concentrated on the merchantmen, and accounted for three of them, while another was beached and a fifth was torpedoed. Two torpedoes sank the Mohawk, the majority of the crew being picked up by the Jervis. The convoy was carrying ammunition and German officers to Tripoli, and the action is rated as one of the most successful fought in the Mediterranean.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 May 1941, Page 5
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