FRENCH SHIPS
FIFTEEN LOST IN TWO MONTHS. SIX SEIZED BY BRITAIN. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.25 a.m.) VICHY, March 5. It is officially announced that France has lost 15 merchantmen during the last two months, thus seriously threatening imports. Eight vessels were lost in February. Britain seized six, the Germans torpedoed one, an unidentified submarine sank another. It is emphasised that the losses are irreplaceable since the Germans hold the principal shipyards.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 March 1941, Page 5
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74FRENCH SHIPS Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 March 1941, Page 5
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