CRACK ITALIAN LINER
SUNK BY BRITISH AIRCRAFT. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) NEW YORK, March 23. Reports have reached here from marine sources in England that the 13,000-ton Italian liner Victoria, a fast motor-ship and one of the prides of the Italian merchant marine, has been struck by British aerial torpedoes and undoubtedly sunk. The British planes are reported to have surprised the vessel near Tripoli and to have scored direct hits which left the liner burning fiercely. The Victoria had recently been supplying Axis forces in Libya.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 March 1942, Page 3
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86CRACK ITALIAN LINER Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 March 1942, Page 3
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