SUBMARINE SEALION
EXCITING ADVENTURES IN NORTH SEA PATROL The submarine Sealion has returned from a patrol of the North Sea, after a number of adventui*es. It reports that, when manoeuvring to attack a convoyed enemy mer chantman, the 9000-ton ship suddenly changed l its course and came straight for the Sealion, which dived,, but heard a grinding crash as! the periscope was struck. Depth charges followed, but failed to find their mark. The Sealion came to the surface at night and effected repairs, though it was only possible for two or three men to work at a time, while swinging geai threatened; to sweep them into a heavy sea. The Sealion returned home without its periscope. Earlier in the patrol the Sealion sank an enemy supply ship.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 7, 2 September 1940, Page 7
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127SUBMARINE SEALION Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 7, 2 September 1940, Page 7
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