DESTROYER LOST
Recd. 6 p.m. Ottawa, Oct. 1. The Canadian destroyer St. Croix was torpedoed and sunk with the loss of 146 men while on convoy duty. The Associated Press says that this an- "y--nouncement by the Navy Minister ' gave no details, but it is recalled that in his speech in the House of Commons on September 21 Mr. Churchill said that an Atlantic convoy was under attack at that moment.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 234, 4 October 1943, Page 4
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71DESTROYER LOST Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 234, 4 October 1943, Page 4
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