TELEGRAM FROM LONDON DATED OCTOBER 6th 1941. Reference telegram of October 5th. Seven Swordfish attacked convoy of six ships northeast of Tripoli (L); one ship estimated 9,000 tons, one ship estimated 6,000 tons left in sinking condition, one estimated 8,000 tons possibly damaged. Believed one of the former sunk, reconnaissance next day showing one ship missing convoy. 2. H.M. Submarine sank torpedo boat GENERALI class northwest of Messina on September 27th. Another of H.M. Submarines hit with torpedo medium Size merchant ship in convoy escorted by destroyers north bound 4 les west of (words omitted) night lst/2nd October, result un 3. Reference telegram of September 30th; Submarine torpedoed tanker LIRI which got into CROTONE; sank 3050 ton ship off ORTONA; also sank by gunfire pilot cutter, shore batteries compelled her withdrawal 4. H.M. Submarine on September 26th torpedoed 5,000 ton transport in the Aegean. On September 28th, torpedoed large escorted merchant sip, result unobserved. On September 27th she also sank by gunfire CAIQUE full of Italian soldiers. 5. At Tobruk on October 3rd H.M. Trawler sunk by bombs during air raid. British tanker TYNEFIELD 5856 tons mined and sunk Suez Canal am. October 5th. Canal probably reopened October 5th. 6. RATNAGIRI (R.I.N.) captured fully laden how off Berbera on October 5th on passage Madagascar to Djibuti. |