The Archive · 1940

Sinking of Destroyer

As the Italian and Albanian pres campaign against Greece grew it intensity, Italo-Greek relations were further exacerbated by the sinking of the Greek destroyer, Belle. off th-Island of Tinos by an unidentified sub. marine last week, A group of Greek naval experts who inspected frag: ments of the torpedo which struct the destroyer announced that they had found the inscription, "Turin 1930," on one fragment thus presum. elily placing blame for the attack on Italy Thursday night, Italian and British warships were reported cruising off the coast of Crete and one report said Italian planes had attacked o British naval unit there. Reports that British troops had occupied the Greek islands of Crete and Corfu were officially denied in London. United Press correspondents on the two islands telegraphed Athens yesterday that everything was normal there.

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