Italy Has Lost Half Navy And Much of Merchant Fleet
(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Sept. 1. It is officially stated in Alexandria that 2,366,C00 tons of Axis merchant shipping has been sunk or damaged in the Mediterranean since Italy entered the war. This figure includes 1,479,00.. tons entirely destroyed. The enemy has also lost in the Mediterranean four eignt-inch gun cruisers, five six-inch gun cruisers, and about 50 destroyers and miscellaneous craft. The Axis submarine losses cannot be disclosed, but they are known to be considerable. Mussolini has lost half his navy's striking power, and more than twothirds of his merchant fleet has been sunk or damaged.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 67, Issue 210, 3 September 1942, Page 5
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