SWEDISH DESTROYERS
ATTACKED IN ERROR BY BRITISH NAVAL FORCES. EXPRESSION OF REGRET. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.30 a.m.) STOCKHOLM, July 10. A Swedish communique states that four Swedish destroyers, purchased from Italy, entered Swedish waters after being seized and damaged by a strong British naval force on June 20, off the Faroe Islands. British planes on July 8 attacked, but did not damage the same destroyers, off the Norwegian coast. Britain has agreed to pay damages and has expressed regret for the mistake.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 July 1940, Page 6
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85SWEDISH DESTROYERS Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 July 1940, Page 6
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