SHIPPING LOSSES
LAST WEEK’S TOTAL. BELOW WAR AVERAGE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day. 10.15 a.m.) LONDON. March 12. Enemy action destroyed five'British but no Allied or neutral merchantmen, totalling 18,673 tons, during the week ended on March 10. compared with the weekly average of 24,000 during the war. TRAWLER SUNK. MINE CAUGHT IN NET. (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, March 12. The trawler Halifax (165 tons) was sunk in the North Sea through lhe explosion of a mine hauled in in a net. The crew of nine were rescued unhurt. DUTCH TANKER LOST. (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) THE HAGUE. March 12. The Dutch tanker Eiilota (6236 tons) sank after an explosion. A British warship rescued 42 of the crew.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 March 1940, Page 6
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