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Show U-BOATS CLAIM -2 BRITISH SHIPS LONDON, Sept 19 W The grim duel between British shipping ship-ping and naval power and German submarines continued today with official announcement that two British trawlers, the Lord Mlnto snd Arllta, had been sunk, but that three other merchant vessels had eluded submarines. Britain's losses since the beginning begin-ning of the war were set at approximately ap-proximately 30 vessels. The Lord Minto and the Arllta, both trawlers, wer sunk, the admiralty ad-miralty announced, but gave no details beyond saying that the crews were rescued by a third trawler. The 3393-ton Baron Lovat was one of three vessels the admiralty announced had eluded submarines. subma-rines. The crew ceme sstely ashore at Greenock. Scotland, with stories of how they dodged gunfire of a submarine off the Irish coast and later heard an explosion. . . |