NAVAL MESSAGE                                        NAVY DEPARTMENT
 
 
FROM   ALUSNA CAIRO           FOR ACTION    OPNAV
 
 
DATE    7 SEPT. 1941
 
DECODED BY      ROONEY
 
PARAPHRASED BY    ALLENSWORTH
 
 
TEXT
 
 
ISTHMIAN LINES SS STEEL SEAFARER SUNK AT MIDNIGHT SEPTEMBER
 
5-6 BY AERIAL BOMBS 25 MILES SOUTH OF SOHAI PENINSULA, NO LOSS
 
OF LIFE, RN CRUISER COVENTRY ON SPOT INVESTIGATING, 24 OF CREW
 
ON SHADWAN ISLAND AND 12 AT HURGADA.