... THE LOST SHIPS CRUISER CONVERTED FOR A.A. DEFENCE H.M.S. Calcutta (4.200 tons) was completed in August, 1919. According to “Janes Fighting Ships” her complement was and she is listed as an A.A. ship. She was 425 feet long and had eight 4in. A.A. guns ...

... The Lost Ships H.M.S. Gloucester (9,400 tons), one of eight cruisers of the Southampton class, was launched at Devonport in 1937, completed in January, 1939, and had a normal complement of 700. She was one of the warships engaged in Admiral Cunningham’s ...

... LOST SHIPS OF THE AXIS —♦ 561 SUNK, SEIZED OR SCUTTLED Since the beginning of the war up.to the middle of May, 561 German and Italian ships of a total tonnage of 2,873,000 have been sunk, captured or scuttled. The German ships number 346, of tonnage of ...

... IN FOUR LOST SHIPS YOUNG B’HEAD SEAMAN’S YEAR’S EXPERIENCE The family of Henry Holmes, twenty-five-years-old seaman in the Merchant Service, were unaware that bad was not so much concerned about Mr. H. Holmes, the loss of his kit as the loss of 400 dollars ...

... ABOUT OUR LOST SHIPS The cruiser Gloucester one of eight cruisers in the Southampton class, displacing 9,100 tons with similar gun equipment to the Fiji, with the additon of a 3.7-inch howitzer and four threepounders. 'She also carried three aircraft ...

... Convoy Lost Seven Ships ...

... SHIPS LOST IN CONVOY COMMONS QUESTIONS ♦ GERMAN CLAIM “NOT ACCEPTED Mr. Shinwell (Seaham, Lab) asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, in the House of Commons yesterday, whether he could make a statement on the reported loss of thirteen vessels in convoy ...

... to the ships and convoys sailing the seas and increases the risk of U-boat destruction every month. June’s Record The June figures are as follow: British ships—s 2, of a total of 228,284 tons: Allied ships—l 9. of 82.727 tons; Neutral ships—B, of 18 ...

... 25 SHIPS LOST Our merchant shipping loses for the last week for awhich figures are available show that they were over 42,000 tons less than on the previous week. The Admiralty announced to-day that for the week ended March 9-10 we lost 25 ...

... FEWER SHIPS LOST ♦— A GOOD MONTH IN THE ATLANTIC From A Naval Correspondent The diminution of Allied shipping losses in the Battle of the Atlantic during August has not been less satisfactory than during July. This has been achieved although the number ...

... 25 SHIPS LOST The Admiralty to-aav announced that lor the week ended March 9th-10th lost 25 ships, representing 98.S' ...

... 29 SHIPS LOST f)UR mercantile losses for the weeK epded March 2nd-3rd were the third highest for any single week since the war began. The Admiralty announce, that In all 29 ships were sunk of a total tonnage of 148,038 tons. Of these 20 were British, ...