BIG CONVOY SAILS
GIBRALTAR MOVE 137 SHIPS INVOLVED WARNINGS TO ITALIANS LONDON, June 3. One of the greatest convoys ever assembled off Gibraltar, comprising 137 Allied ships, is now sailing into the Mediterranean, according to a report from Lalinea. The ships include troop transports, tankers, freighters, and one hospital ship. British battleships and aircraft carriers which have been in Gibraltar Bay have also sailed and the harbour is now emptier than it has been for several months. Seventy of the ships in the giant convoy, including troop transports and tankers, went directly into the Mediterranean from the Atlantic. The remaining 67 sailed from Gibraltar and joined the Atlantic section. The Associated Press says that the sailing of the convoy follows quickly on the Axis invasion alarms. Italian newspapers and radios all day and an night are pouring out invasion warnings and exhorting the people to light to the last and emulate the people ol Britain who refused to give up in 1940, when disaster seemed imminent.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21113, 5 June 1943, Page 3
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