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Show YANK SAILORS 1 IKE LOSS ; Destroyers Sank Three of Five Attacking German Submarines. NEW VOKK, TVo. 19. American destroyers de-stroyers avenged the loss of the British battleship Britannia, sunk off the western west-ern entrance of the straits of Gibraltar on November 0. by destroying- three of the five attacking submarines, according i to officers of the American transport! Black Arrow, which was a member of the Britannia's convoy. The transport, formerly for-merly the German ship Black Hawk, arrived ar-rived here today from Gibraltar with eight American officers and 115 enltstud men. "Wo were attacked off the African coast, near Tangiers." said one officer in describing: the battle. "There were five submarines, the nearest being five miles away when we sighted them. The Britannia came in between them when tne suornarmes nan reuueea tue distance lo three-quarters of a mile. "The submarines torpedoed and sank the Britannia, while we made off at top j speed, sending S. O. S. calls for help. i American destroyers joined us and gave battle to the submarines, sinking three with depth bombs. The two others escaped. "Tiie casualties on the Britannia must have been great, for many bodies were piled on sbore." A British admiralty statement on November No-vember 11 announced that thirty-nine officers of-ficers and 67;i men of the Britannia's crew were saved. 1 , |