DESTROYER SUNK
HIT BY ENEMY TORPEDO MANY SURVIVORS RESCUED LOSS OF 11.M.5. WHIRLWIND (United Press Assn.—E!ec. Tel. Copyright) (Received July 9, 1.0 p.m.) LONDON, July 8 The Admiralty announces that H.M.S. Whirlwind, a destroyer of 1100 tons, has been sunk by an enemy torpedo. Another destroyer picked up many of the survivors. The Whirlwind was a minelayer in the Great War and was re-commissioned in June last year. It was armed with four 4-inch guns.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21160, 9 July 1940, Page 5
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