RAMMED BY CUTTER
ITALIAN SUBMARINE SUNK Rugby, Sept. 27. How H.M.S. Lulworth, a former American coastguard cutter, rammed and sank a large Italian submarine, the Pietro Calvi, in the Atlantic, is described by the Admiralty. While on convoy duty, the Lulworth attacked the Pietro Calvi with depth charges, blew the submarine to the surface, and scored direct shell hits on her, killing the commanding officer and one of the gun crew. The Lulworth finally rammed the submarine, pushing her over and washing a number of her crew into the sea. The Italians then surrendered, but not before their navigating officer, a former Olympic Games swimmer, who was in the water swimming with a vigorous crawl stroke, had been temporarily mistaken for an enemy torpedo approaching the Lulworth. Thirty-six prisoners were taken while direct hits were scored on the con-ning-tower of a second submarine which attempted to interfere, though its destruction could not be confirmed. —8.0.W.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 229, 29 September 1942, Page 6
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