London, June 14.
GERMAN pocket battleship, either the Luetzow (former Deutschland) or the Admiral Scheer, was hit by a British aerial torpedo off the Norwegian coast early yesterday when, according to a belief expressed in London, she was probably on her way to take the place of Hitler's ill-fated monster battleship Bismarck as a-commerce raider in the north Atlanti mass of smoke billowed from the] The British pilot emerged into 2 pocket battleship as a half ton naval clear patch to sce the German war from a 300-mile-an-hour ship directly below him. "He reported Bristol Beaufort aeroplane registered back. and a force of bombers was 'a direct hit amidships of the pocket dispatched to. attack. battleships. Soon afterwards another flight-sergeant "from Coventry. Beaufort launched its torpedo into with a navigator from Saskatchewan, the smoke which surrounded the tar- piloted the Beaufort which registered ket. 'The German vessel halted, and the first hit. 'The battleship was hit When' seen again several hours later amidships by one torpedo dropped at she Was travelling at greatly reduced less than 100 feet and the attack was! speed off Mandal, the southern point of Norway, 'A spokesman in London observed Inst' night that. the damage inflicted Battleships Again fon the pocket-battleship must have Hit in Brest Raid been considerable as by 10 am. when she was sighted off Mandal, she had London, June 14. only covered about 50 miles. whereas the normal speed of Germany's two!
Many heavy bombs straddled the berths of the Nazi battle~ pocket-battleships is about 26 knots.
Germany originally had three ships Scharnhorst and Gneipocket-battleships—the Luetzow (Deuserian and a Hipper class {schland), the Admiral' Scheer and cruiser during raid by strong the Admiral Graf Spee, 'The latter, forces of British bombers on will be reeatled. was' scuttled off Brest last night.
Montevideo In December, 1939. fol-An RAF, communique said Towing her defeat in the Battle of that strong forces of the Bomb-the Rio de 1a Plata with the cruisers er Command bombed decks Exeter Ajax and Achilles, Brest where the battleships The pocket-battleships have a dis-Scharnhorst and Gneisenau placement of 10.000. tons; their. main and a cruiser of the Hipper armament consists of six 'V-inch guns class were berthed. Heavy and eight 6 inch guns. It is claimed bombs were seen to burst in that they have a radius of 10.000 miles. the docks area and "straddle Escorted by Destroyers the berths of all these ships."
"Shortly before midnight last night 'The communique also recrhursday), a- Blenheim aircraft. of ported:—"The offensive against German Pocket Battleship Torpedoed the Coastal' Command on reconnais the Ruhr was continued by air-sauce off southern Norway sighted an craft of the Bomber Command A German pocket battleship, either the Luetzow (formerly Deutschland) seen above or the Admiral ehiemy.pocket-battleship escorted by Jast night and a heavy attack Scheer (below) was hit by a British aerial torpedo off the Norwegian coast early on Friday morning.
number of destroyers, was made on the industrial As a result of the torpedoing another powerful unit of Hitler's navy has.been put out of action. The striking force was dispatched district of Schwerte and exten-vessel was probably on its way to the North Atlantic to replace the Bismarck which was sunk by the by the Coastal Command, and in the sive damage was done."
Royal Navy recently. early hours of this morning (Friday) One British bomber is miss-the battleship, then off Bgersund ing from these attacks.
The Swordfish and Albacores from (South of Stavanger) was hit by a addition, planes of the Ark Royal and a new carrier were The European War, June 15. torpedo from a Beaufort aircraft, Coastal Command made night victorious taking off during atrocious "Dense clouds of white smoke rove attacks on enemy shipping in weather. and were able to cripple an from the vessel and prevented the Channel and bombed an enemy battleship and" so. make curate observation by other aircraft possible the coup de grace by capital
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