CAUGHT BY NAVY
TWO ITALIAN SUBMARINES MAKING 22 SINCE OUTBREAK OF WAR. MANY SURVIVORS PICKED UP. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day. 9.20 a.m.) RUGBY, October 8. Naval sources at Alexandria report that two Italian submarines were sunk in the central Mediterranean recently by the British fleet, bringing the number of submarines lost by Italy since she entered the war up to 22. The submarines were forced to the surface by depth charges dropped by destroyers. One submarine was followed and constantly attacked for several hours and was bombed by a British aeroplane when it appeared on the surface. Later it was sunk by gunfire. The other submarine was sunk by depth charges. Many survivors were picked up by British destroyers.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 October 1940, Page 5
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