| Show r Nazis Report Sinking ing 13 Ships BERLIN Feb 13 P The W-The The German German German Ger Ger- man high command announced Thursday that 13 armed British merchantmen laden with war supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies had been sunk in in the Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic by German warships in what some s sources called probably probably probably ably the most successful attack on a c convoy In ri naval v history ry Among them the daily com corn declared were several large transatlantic steamers which Say Suez Paralyzed I were loaded to capacity with war war ar materia material for England A spokesman A spokesman said the Germans in In speaking of a transatlantic i steamer usually visualize a vessel vessel ves yes sel sei of at least tons The I tonnage and names of the ships I reported sunk were not made public pub pub- lic and the type of warships which participated was not disclosed A German radio broadcast heard in New York after the nazi I was issued said total losses of the convoy were some tons of which it said tons of ships had been sunk outright outright outright out out- right and nd tons set afire or badly damaged d. d Other ranging far-ranging nazi aircraft have caused severe of ship traffic in ir the Suez canal I Thursdays Thursday's said In addition to two ships previously reported sunk in the canal it said Continued on Page Two I Column Five I Nazis Rep Report rt Most Successful Raid Raido o son Macs ll S c lA T LAN C g I NORWAY I I I O 0 Ct CC A AN N I t I 1 ouo V iii fI Vi r F J II t I GERMANY ti pasts e 4 X 4 A Moo SPAIN ROM Map lap indicates probable general area off Portugal where Germany Germany Ger Ger- many claims warship attack sank 13 British merchant ships Upper arrows show path of nazi nad raiders going to Iceland and spot north of Scotland where Berlin reports bomb hits on two British ships 13 SHIPS SNIPS SUNK GERMANS BOAST Continued from Page One the since mid-January mid had scored hits on the tho canal embankments embankments embankments em em- railroad and port fa fa- fa The announcement of the pounce on the convoy in the Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic caused a stir in Berlin It was described as a continuation of a raid started last Sunday when bombing planes and submarines were asserted to have sunk tons of ships off Portugal a German authorities obviously regarded cooperation of planes submarines and surface vessels in the war on commerce as a an n ef effective efon ef- ef means of beating the convoy convoy convoy con con- voy system The Germans said Thursday the best example of cooperation be between between between be- be tween planes and submarines was demonstrated last October 27 when the British liner Empress of Britain was sunk A plane damaged the ship but was unable to sink her then summoned a boat U-boat which finished the Empress Empress Empress Em Em- press off as she was being towed to h harbor LONDON Feb 13 London lP-London ff London circles said that word had been received of an attack on a British convoy in the Atlantic but that no details were available The informants said ships of the convoy scattered and that until the various craft are heard from it will be impossible to report the result |
