ATTACKS ON TANKERS
GERMAN CLAIM & BRITISH DENIAL
MORE NAZI EXAGGERATION. TOTAL LOSSES TO DATE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.40 a.m.) BERLIN. March 10. The High Command claims that by sinking 32 British tankers, totalling 230,543 tons, the German naval forces have destroyed 10 per cent of Britain’s tanker fleet and claims also to have sunk 14 neutral tankers sailing to Britain. A London message states that it is learned that only 19 British and 10 neutral tankers had been sunk to March 3. The British tanker fleet in July, 1939, consisted of 435 vessels, while the Dominions and colonies have a further 63.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 March 1940, Page 8
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105ATTACKS ON TANKERS Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 March 1940, Page 8
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