NINETY ENEMY SHIPS
SUNK OR DAMAGED IN PACIFIC By American and Dutch Forces JAPANESE LOSSES IN WARSHIPS AND TRANSPORTS ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL FIGURES (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.40 a.m.) RUGBY, February 13. American and Dutch forces have sunk or damaged ninety enemy ships in the Pacific, according to official figures. The American successes are:— Capital ships, one possibly sunk, one damaged. Seaplane carriers, one sunk. Cruisers, three sunk, one damaged. Destroyers, two sunk. Submarines, three sunk, one damaged. Auxiliaries and transports, seven sunk, five seriously damaged, one damaged. Merchant ships, thirteen sunk. The Dutch figures are Cruisers, three sunk, four seriously damaged, five damaged. Destroyers, five sunk, two damaged. Submarines, one sunk, one damaged. Auxiliaries and transports, fifteen sunk, five seriously damaged, three damaged. Merchant ships, four sunk, two damaged.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 February 1942, Page 4
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132NINETY ENEMY SHIPS Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 February 1942, Page 4
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