ATTACK ON CONVOY
ANOTHER SHIP REPORTED SAFE THREE STILL NOT ACCOUNTED FOR. GERMAN CLAIMS GREATLY EXAGGERATED. Another ship of the convoy attacked by a German raider in the Atlantic on February 12 has arrived safely in port, states the 8.8. C. This means that of the 19 ships in the convoy, eleven are known to be safe and three are still unaccounted for. Five ships of under 24.000 tons were sunk by the raider. On February 14. before the Germans had any chance of checking up, they claimed to have sunk 82.000 tons of ships in the convoy. The three still not accounted for aggregate 13.000 tons.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 March 1941, Page 5
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107ATTACK ON CONVOY Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 March 1941, Page 5
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