ADMIRALTY REPORT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 April 1940, Page 6

ADMIRALTY REPORT

List of Enemy Ships Sunk (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Dav, 1.40 p.m.) RUGBY, April .14. The Admiralty announces: “Some indication of the highly successful work under extremely hazardous conditions of our submarines during the past, week can now he given. The German pocket battleship Admiral. Scheer was successfully attacked by the submarine Spearfish in the early hours of Thursday morning last. It is probable that the Admiral Scheer was hit by more than one torpedo. 11.1M.5. Truant torpedoed and sank a German cruiser believed to be the Karlsruhe on. Tuesday last. The sinking of this cruiser has already been announced and admitted by the Germans. Other successes include the sinking of the following German transports and supply ships—The tanker Posidonia, 3,911 tons; August Leonhardt, 2.593 tons; Kreta, 2,359 tons; Rio de Janeiro, 5,260 tons; lonia. 3,102 tons: Antaes, 2,593 tons; Yloorsund. 321 tons; also an unknown. German ship of about 4.000 tons. .

On April 10. two more unknown German ships were sunk and four other’ ships in convoy wore hit by torpedoes, the result being unknown. In addition, the Alster, of 8.514 tons, has been captured and three trawlers, the Friesland. Nordland and Blankenberg have been brought, into a British port.