OFF GIBRALTAR
GREAT ALLIED CONVOY. REPORTED FROM SOUTHERN SPAIN. LONDON, June 3. One of the greatest convoys ever assembled off Gibraltar, comprising 137 Allied ships, is now sailing into the Mediterranean, according to a report from La Linea, southern Spain. The ships include troop transports ,tankers, freighters and one hospital ship. British battleships Snd aircraft-car-riers which have been in Gibraltar Bay have sailed, it is stated, and the harbour is now emptier than it has been for several months. Seventy ships in a giant convoy, including troop transports and,tankers, went directly into the Mediterranean from the Atlantic, and the remaining 67 vessels sailed from Gibraltar and joined the Atlantic section. The Associated Press of Great Britain says that the sailing of the convoys follows quickly on Axis invasion alarms.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 June 1943, Page 3
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