SUBMARINE MENACE IN BATTLE OF ATLANTIC
Ninety per cent.i of the crews of ships torpedoed in tlie.Atlantic have been rescued, according to statements of competent uavai authorities in Washington. This record is of particular interest as. despite the improving measures l'or dealing -with the submarine menace, a critical -period at s J ea of several months appears to lie ahead. Declaring that the "(jerman submarine 1 ol' to-day t/ombines the characteristics of a •<*!•. and a. suit-' mnriin.hccau>:' of its -pvn; una; guns. an onicer >nld the invbirm j Was much more critk-ai than th-- j i war. The)* arc v iibmari n; 1 | willl a surface speed o: it -« | kiiols and they carry I- b> H> tor* j pcdni'S, jve said. j
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 84, 29 July 1942, Page 6
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122SUBMARINE MENACE IN BATTLE OF ATLANTIC Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 84, 29 July 1942, Page 6
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