two "Heavily Loaded" Transports Declared Among Vessels Sent Down in Mediterranean London, Mar, 21.
sank four and probably five Italian ships, including two heavily Admiralty yesterday announced three British submarines Joaded transports, in the Mediterranean, The British subm: ies "Uni que," "Utmost," and Triumph," sank the Italian vessels.
The transports, of about 6,000 and 4,000 tons each, were believed to have been crowded with troops, said the Admiralty.
Explosions of the torpedoes _as they struck the vessels were followed by' violent explosions on the ships, the Admiralty "said, and it was assumed: that at Toast one transport wag completely, destroyed, "The "Utmost sank the transports while the "Unique" attacked an' Tealin supply ship of about. 3,000. fons "and almost certainly" sank, i, while "the "Triumph" sank "two deeply laden Talian supply ships, each of about 2800. tons; Naval "circles" said the ttalian losses mean that Taly has lost over 700,000 tons of shipping by British action alone since entering the, war. losses amount to one-fifth Ktaly's "original merchant navy, it was said—United, "Press,
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