The Archive · 1940

French Destroyer Sinks Fourth Submarine

The French destroyer Sirocto pictured above, which already made a name jor usself by sinking three German summar since the beginning of the war, was responsible on Dec. 30 for sin the fourth, together with La Railleuse, a French sloop and a British plane wi signalled the presence of a "dark id crafty looking form of some steel-like shark lying in wait for the convoy. La Railleuse dropped a number of depth charges and it did not take long before the results became Apparent, bee ise soon afterwards the submarine ca) to the surface, lying on its side, subsequently disappearing is Miscellaneous

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