SPIRITED CHASE
BRITISH SUBMARINE PURSUES U-BOAT t HIT SCORED ON CONNING TOWER. ARMED TUG SUNK PREVIOUSLY, j (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day. 10.45 a.m.) •' RUGBY. January «. : An Admiralty communique states:! "One of our submarines, ' the Tuna. I reported a spirited engagement. by i night on the surface, with a U-boat in! enemy waters. Immediately on encountering the Tuna, the U-boat made' off at high speed, firing its aft gun. The} Tuna gave chase and opened lire with! a four-inch gun. The U-boat certainly} was hit by one shell, on Hie conning-!, tower, but unfortunately this cannot bo| considered vital damage. The Tuna >, chased the enemy for neurlv an houi •, and only broke off the engagement i, when forced to dive by the appearance! of enemy escort vessels, which came to ‘. the rescue of the damaged U-boat. The;!. Tuna had jircviously sunk an enemy > armed lug by gunfire. In neither of j those encounters did the Tuna sustain! any damage or casualties.” '<
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 January 1941, Page 6
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