Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-11-16 | Page 4 | British Subs Sink 24 Jap Ships

British Subs Sink 24 Jap Ships LONDON Nov 16 UP Brit UP-Brit- Brit British ish submarines have sunk 24 21 more ves vessels els in intensified attacks on Japanese shipping raising their toll for the year to sunk and 31 damaged The latest bag of oC Japanese ships In far eastern waters consisted of ot 23 cargo vessels many of ot which were carrying fuel and an antisubmarine antisubmarine anti nU- submarine ship which was torpedoed torpedoed torpedoed torpe torpe- and destroyed in the East Java sea south of ot Celebes An admiralty disclosing disclosing disclosing dis dis- dis- dis closing the new Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day night was the second announcement announcement announcement an an- in five days of or British submarine activities in m the far east On Nov No 11 the admiralty revealed that submarines sank 45 Japanese ships and damaged three others Most of t the Japan Japanese e losses to British submarines during the year were cargo vessels although they had included two cruisers one of ol them of at the Ute Kuma class and a ton aircraft carrier