IN SAFE CUSTODY
BULK OF THE ITALIAN FLEET
ANCHORED UNDER GUNS OF MALTA
BATTLESHIP ROMA SUNK BY GERMAN BOMBERS
. LONDON, September 12. The commander-in-chief of the Allied Mediterranean fleets, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, issued a communique stating: "The Italian battle fleet is now anchored under the guns of Malta."
There were 22 Italian warships in Valetta Harbour yesterday, including four battleships, seven cruisers and 10 destroyers. Two of the battleships are Italy’s best —of the Littorio class. Seven warships put in to Majorca, in the Spanish Balearic Islands. They are reported to have had on board men who were wounded in German air attacks. Six others are believed to be at Gibraltar. Others are still on the way to Allied bases. The only success of the German aircraft attempting to destroy the surrendering Italian fleet was the sinking of the 35,000 ton battleship Roma.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 September 1943, Page 3
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