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Submarines => Submarines => Topic started by: Philip L on 23 March 2024 11:24:26 am

Title: German Convoy losses. The Advertiser, Adelaide Australia. March, 13, 1944.
Post by: Philip L on 23 March 2024 11:24:26 am

I came across this newspaper article in the Advertiser, Adelaide, South Australia during WW2. I live in Adelaide but was born in Birmingham England. It may be of interest in regard to Submarines in WW2.

APA citation
GERMAN CONVOY LOSSES (1944, March 13). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved April 6, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48788335

Philip L

Title: Re: The Advertiser newspaper articles from 21 and 22 March 1944.
Post by: Philip L on 06 April 2024 01:07:29 pm

I have come across some newspaper articles from March 1944, during WW2.

APA citation
SLOOPS DESTROY SIX U-BOATS (1944, March 21). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved April 6, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48789368

SLOOPS DESTROY SIX U-BOATS - Stirring Welcome To Victors LONDON, March 19.-AAP. - The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) - 21 Mar 1944
An Admiralty communique reports that Royal Nary sloops escorting a convoy in the North Atlantic destroyed six U-boats in ...
nla.gov.au

APA citation
BRITISH SUBMARINE SUCCESSES (1944, March 22). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved April 6, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48789516

BRITISH SUBMARINE SUCCESSES - Seven Japanese Supply Ships Sunk LONDON, March 21 - The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) - 22 Mar 1944
An Admiralty communique states:—"His Majesty's submarines on recent patrols in Far Eastern waters nave sunk seven Japanese ...
nla.gov.au

Philip L

Title: Re: British submarine Successes. Advertiser, 6 July 1944 and 10 July 1944.
Post by: Philip L on 18 May 2024 02:09:53 pm

Newspaper articles from the Advertiser (Adelaide, South Australia) in July 1944.

Article (6 July 1944) mentions that British subs sank 9 supply ships and damaged 2.

APA citation
SUBMARINES' SUCCESSES (1944, July 6). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved May 18, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43211116

Article (10 July 1944) mentions that British subs sink 17 enemy ships. Including 2 large transports in a harbor in Southern France.

APA citation
Submarines Sink 17 Enemy ships. (1944, July 10). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved May 18, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43211589

Philip L

Title: British subs, Turbulent and Torbay, WW2
Post by: Philip L on 25 May 2024 01:32:57 pm

Article from Advertiser (South Australia), 11 June 1942, mentions that British submarine Turbulent sinks 5 Italian vessels.

APA citation
inks Five Italian Vessels (1942, June 11). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved May 25, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48869922

Article from Advertiser (South Australia), 15 June 1942, mentions British submarine Torbay sank or damaged 70,000 tons of enemy shipping last year.

APA citation
BRITISH SUBMARINE'S GREAT RECORD (1942, June 15). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved May 25, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48870412

Philip L