COPY OF TELEGRAM FROM LONDON DATED SEPTEMBER 11, 1941
His Majesty's submarine sank Italian tanker Maya 3,867 tons
on 5th near the Dardanelles.
2. His Majesty's ships Kimberley and decoy slightly damaged
by near misses night 8th/9th leaving Tobruk.
3. 10th and night of 10th/llth homeward bound convoy of 58
ships heavily (word omitted) by U-boats north east of Cape Farewell;
at present 9 ships known torpedoed but no further details. Escorts
should now have been reinforced.
4. Imports into United Kingdom by ships in convoy week ending
September 6 totaled 708,151 tons compared with 819,275 tons in
previous week and average 858,293 tons during the past l0 w
5. 1Oth. 3 aircraft off southern Norway scored hits with torpedo
on largest ship estimated 5,000 tons of convoy of 4.
6. Night of 8th/9th. 9 Wellington again attacked docks shipping
at Palermo. Many hits round dockyard, believed 3 large merchant
ships damaged and possible hit on small merchant ship.
7. 9th/l0th. Wellington bombed power station and landing stages
Messina starting many fires.
8. Night of 10th/llth majority of 76 bombers including heavy
bombers attacked royal arsenal and railway at Turin. One aircraft
bombed Genoa, four missing.
9. Same night 21 enemy aircraft approached Malta but only
seven dropped bombs. Night fighters destroyed one bomber only
slight damage was caused.