GERMAN CLAIMS
Alleged Sinking Of British War Vessels (Received 1 May 5, 7.30 p.m.) BERLIN, May 4. The High Command claims that German diving planes attacked a British flagship west of Namsos. A heavy bomb hit the vessel between the fore gun turrets. Half a minute later a column of flame 150 feet high rose up, followed by dense smoke, after which only floating debris was visible(Received May 5, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 4. German radio now claim that in addition to the battleship a heavy cruiser was set on fire by a bomb and a destroyer was sunk while escorting troops from Namsos. It adds that a battlecruiser and a destroyer were seriously damaged and a battleship set on fire anti a troopship sunk during the raids on Narvik.
The British Admiralty describes the reports as typically fantastic.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 188, 6 May 1940, Page 9
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