Word: sunk
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Coming on the heels of the Bremen's escape, this made two bulls to one beat for the week. Day after the Bremen's escape, the Admiralty announced that the submarine that let her get away had sunk a German submarine, had torpedoed and damaged a German cruiser. This evened the count. It is extremely difficult for one submarine to sink another. Maneuvering for position requires great technical skill, and it is almost impossible to attack if the submarine is submerged. If the range is under 250 yards, the torpedo is likely to miss, and at short range...
Five days later the Admiralty reported that the submarine Ursula had sneaked into the mouth of the Elbe, past six German destroyers, and sunk a 6,000-ton cruiser. Since such a ship would normally carry 571 men, this feat almost made up for the loss of Royal Oak, certainly put Britain far ahead in the naval score for the week...
...Last week 19 Allied and neutral ships were sunk by mines, torpedoes and airplanes. Of the 19, 9 were British, 10 neutral...
LONDON--The British Admiralty announced today that three of Germany's six cruisers had been sunk or crippled and that these, together with the sinking of a German submarine and the "suicide" of the pocket battleship Graf Spee, brought to five the number of warships lost by the Germans since last Wednesday...
...Britain's total tonnage loss for three months was 340,000, offset by 280,000 tons transferred from other flags (exclusive of charters), captured or built new. Net loss: 60,000 tons out of a grand total of 21,000,000 tons. For every 1,000 British tons sunk, 110,000 tons reached British ports and nearly 140,000 tons went out, a ratio...