Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-10-23 | Page 1 | 6 Ships, Sunk, Gayda Says

6 j Ships Sunk Gayda Says ROME IE O Opt Oft t. t 23 GP Virginio UP-Virginio Virginia Gayda authoritative fascist editor asserted Wednesday that six ships of a large British convoy were sunk with the loss of all hands by Italian n war vessels vessels- in Sundays Sunday's battle of the Red sea already reported reported re- re reported re re- ported Tuesday by the Italian high command Gayda estimated that the convoy made up of 36 large ships with a strong naval escort carried a total of troops implying that one sixth th of that number between and men were lost