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THREE MORE BRITISH SHIPS LOST

... THREE MORE BRITISH SHIPS LOST. The British steamers Clan Macalistor. Californian, and Mooriua have been sunk. [Tho Clan Macalistcr. owned by tho Ohm Line Steamers (Limited), of Glasgow, bad gross tonnage of 4.835 and 3,0G5 act. was built 1903 Dumbarton ...

MANY SHIPS LOST IN CYCLONIC STORM

... MANY SHIPS LOST IN CYCLONIC STORM. GALE SWEEPS WEST COAST. Lifeboats Answer Wireless Calls, GALLANT RESCUES. The cyclone brought the post few days’ torrcnti.l rain swept die south aud west coasts of Kngland and Wales yesterday with winds reaching gale ...

Published: Wednesday 28 February 1923
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 394 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

TWO U.S. SHIPS LOST IN SOLOMONS

... TWO U.S. SHIPS LOST IN SOLOMONS The United States destroyer Jarvis and an auxiliary transport have been lost in the Solomon', it In Washington last night. It was unofficially estimated that 150 men are missing from the two ships. frHE loss of the Jarvis ...

Published: Friday 25 September 1942
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 240 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

NO ITALIAN SHIPS LOsT LAST WKLK

... NO ITALIAN SHIPS LAST * lltu shipping returns lor the week cndiug *«•- • 24 are follows:—Arrivals at luliuu pot:- merchant vessels all nationalities, illumining A'id,.'UK tons; departures vessel- of aggregate tonnage of 299,743 torn, without counting ...

CBITIBH SHIPS LOST DCEING FCBSt'ABY

... CBITIBH SHIPS LOST FCBSt'ABY The number of British wrecks reported to the Board of Trade in February was 69, involving a loss of lives. Included in this total are 42 steamships, with a total tonnage of 56.836, which were lost with lives. Ten these steamers ...

Published: Friday 10 March 1916
Newspaper: Whitby Gazette
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 94 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

ON SHIPS LOST OFF NORTH AFRICA

... ON SHIPS LOST OFF NORTH AFRICA It ts now revealed that Seaman Stanley Haigh (19), son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Haigh, Longfteld Mount, Pudsey, who, reported yesterday, Is missing, presumed killed, was on the destroyer Martin, lost the North African operations ...

Published: Friday 04 December 1942
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 615 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THIRTEEN BRITISH SHIPS LOST LAST WEEK

... THIRTEEN BRITISH SHIPS LOST LAST WEEK THE WAR AT SEA WITH more violent and more frequent air attacks on shipping and greater submarine activity, our mercantile losses for the week ended July 7-8 were considerably greater than in the previous week. The ...

Published: Tuesday 16 July 1940
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 240 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Only Nine Ships Lost Last Week

... Only Nine Ships Lost Last Week Admiralty to-day gave the lie to German claims to have sunk enormous totals of our merchant shipping. It is officially stated that if the vague term used, shipping used Great Britain, be taken to mean all British, Allied ...

Published: Tuesday 23 July 1940
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 245 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Six British Ships Lost in One Week

... Italian to about 244,000 tons. SHIPS IN CONVOY Up to Wednesday, July 3, 27,247 British. Allied, and neutral ships had been escorted by British convoys, with a loss of 40 ships, a ratio of one in 681. while neutral and Allied ships convoyed numbered 5.339, with ...

Published: Tuesday 09 July 1940
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 196 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

70 FEARED LOST FROM TWO SHIPS

... 70 FEARED LOST FROM TWO SHIPS ' | *HE survivors of the British ships the Yorkshire and the City of * Mandalay which were sunk by U-boat action have left a French port for an unknown destination. Nearly seventy people, including the mother of a four-month-old ...

Published: Monday 23 October 1939
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 546 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SEVEN ALLIED SHIPS LOST IN NORMANDY OPERATIONS

... SEVEN ALLIED SHIPS LOST IN NORMANDY OPERATIONS AN Admiralty issued this states:— communique morning The Board of Admiralty regret to announce the following losses Allied operations for the liberation of Europe, the next of kin of casualties have been ...