Telegram from London dated 21st September, 1941.      
 
                                                            
 
 
Week ending 13th September, imports in convoy totaled 1,542,157 
      tons compared with 708,151 previous week and average 946,508 
      past ten weeks. This is the highest week's total of the war. 
      During the past 12 months million mark exceeded eleven times. 
      This huge total included exceptionally large tonnage of foodstuffs 
      and tobacco totaling 9,542 tons. A.M. of 20th September at Gibraltar 
      RFA Denbydale, Durham, British 1O,O00 tons and oiling hulk Fiona 
      shelled anchored in bay appeared torpedoed by one-man submarine; 
      Denbydale seriously damaged, Durham may have been beached, Fiona 
      shelled and sank. City of Durham AMC arrived in Thames with 500 
      pounds unexploded bomb on board. In U-boat attack on convey SC44 
      total of 4 ships so far known torpedoed. Three sank fourth on 
      8,000 tons tanker possible. On l0th September Dutch ship 5,719 
tons torpedoed and sunk 400 miles north northwest of Natal, 
 
                                                            
 
 
2. 12th September. Soviet submarine K2 sank laden merchant 
      ship about 3,500 tons by gunfire off Varanger Fjord. Two E-boat 
      attacks were made on East Coast convoys last night. No damage 
      reported our side. Vivien and Meynell each considers damaged 
                           one E-boat.                      
 
                                                            
 
 
3. Night of 18th/19th September. British submarines attacked 
      convoy of three very large liners escorted by destroyers North 
          Khomss. One liner sank another probably sunk.     
 
                                                            
 
 
4. 20th September. Royal Air Force off Dutch coast attacked 
      two convoys result merchant ship estimated 5,000