London, May 9.
The Admiralty has announced the loss of six naval trawlers during the evacuation of Trondheim, Two were sunk after air attacks, and four were so damaged by air attacks that it was not considered advisable for them to attempt the North Sea crossing. They were accordingly sunk by British forces.
Casualties among the personnel were slight, it was announced, The waves of bombing attacks on the British destroyer Afridi,' which was recently sunk, were described by survivors who reached Portsmouth yesterday.
The men estimated that over 500 bombs were dropped, before the ship was hit, The Afridi replied with her guns to the attacks, The crew of the destroyer were rescued by a warship which went alongside, The Afridi is said to have sunk in about 20 minutes, and the Captain was the last to leave the ship.—Reuter,
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