LIGHT NAVAL FORCES
ACTION OFF DUTCH COAST ENEMY SHIP BLOWN UP. ANOTHER SEVERELY DAMAGED. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) RUGBY, March 28. The Admiralty states: “During an offensive sweep in the early hours of this morning, light coastal forces encountered four enemy patrol craft off the Dutch coast. In the ensuing action one enemy ship was seen to blow up with a vivid flash in about ten seconds and another enemy ship was severely damaged. Our forces suffered very slight superficial damage and two minor casualties'.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 March 1943, Page 3
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89LIGHT NAVAL FORCES Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 March 1943, Page 3
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