· 5-
 
      
Destroyed, Probable, Damaged
 
      
 
 
Unidentified: 2,-,-
 
      Totals: 3,-,1
 
      British:
 
      One fighter (pilot safe). Five bombers missing.
 
      
 
 
5. 
Shipping Casualties
. The "Port Gisborn" 
      reported in my immediately preceding telegram is now known to 
      have torpedoed and sunk on October 11th.
 
      One British ship (5,800 tons) straggler from an inward bound 
      convoy was torpedoed and sunk in the north-western approaches 
      on October 13th.
 
      It is now learned that ex-French ship "Commissaire Ramel" 
      (10,O00 tons) requisitioned by the United Kingdom Government 
      and on passage from Australia to South Africa reported on September 
      17th that she was being shelled midway across the Indian Ocean. 
      This ship is now presumed lost and it is probable that the majority 
      of the crew are prisoners of war.
 
      
Convoys
. Fifty-five ships have arrived safely in convoy 
      in United Kingdom ports cargoes include 3 of oil, 9 of steel 
      and 2 of chrome.
 
      
 
 
6. 
Middle East
. On October 15th/16th Alexandria was 
      attacked by 2 waves of enemy aircraft, the first dropped no bombs 
      and the second dropped their bombs in the sea.