Evening star., 1939-10-23
Two Nozi Subs Believed Sunk
By Planes; 2 British Ships Lost;
Films Reply to Soviet Today
IA Seumen Missing,
30 Saved From
Two Vessels
Ay the Associated rrest.

4y the Associated rress.
LONDON. Oct. 23-The air min
istry announced today that British
varplanes had made two attacks
on German submarines and both
were believed to have been sue
cessful."
The announcement said one at
tack took place on the North Sea
and the other in the Atlantic, many
miles from the aircrafts' bases"
After both attacks the pilots re-
manned circling above the places
where the submarines disappeared
and nothing more was seen of the
U-boats," said the communique.
The text of the ministry'S an
nouncement follows:
Two attacks on U-boats were re-
Gently made by R. A. F. aircraft and
both are believed to have been sue
cessful. One took place in the North
Sea and the other in the Atlantic,
many miles from the aircraft bases
After both attacks the pilots re-
manned circling above the places
where the submarines disappeared,
and nothing more was seen of the
U-boats.
THE following is the pilots report
Of the North Sea attack:
A reconnaissance aircraft sight,
ed and attacked submarine in po-
sition. A salvo of anti-submarine
bombs was dropped ahead of the
periscope The submarine dived
steeply.
1.-The airgunner said definitely
that he noticed a second under
water explosion after the explosion
OF these bombs. The aircraft then
turned about. flew over the subma-
rine a second time, and dropped a
second salvo.
Patches of oil were observed
after the first salvo and more ex-
tensively after the second attack.
Nothing more was seen of the
U-boat.
Atlantic Patrol Report.
"'The pilot of the Atlantic patrol
aircraft says:
some distance away. 1t dived and
several heavy bombs were dropped
on it. The first is thought to have
been direct hit.
Dark objects appeared in the
water after the attack, and air nub-
bles rose to the surface.
"A second bombing attack was
heoHo c n hA
as possible. We circled over the
area for some time, but nothing
further was Observed"
Earlier, British naval authorities
had disclosed the sinking of two
British vessels with a total of at
least IA persons missing and 80 sur
vivors accounted for from the two
ships.
Raids Most Significant.
British naval experts said that
from their standpoint the most sig
niflcant war development was the
raids by German warplanes on
British ships and anchorages and
the losses the Nazis incurred in
these raids in comparison with the
damage they inflicted.
The cause of the sinking of the
1,692-ton steamer Whitemantle in
the North Sea was not given in to-
days announcement. Fourteen crew
members were missing; five survi-
Vors were landed at an East Coast
port.
The 2,327-ton coastal vessel Sea
Venture, owned by the Dover Navi-
cation Co. of London, was disclosed
to have sunk after an explosion. Its
crew Of Is landed on an island in
one of the steamers boats. They
later reached a northern town in
lifeboat sent for them.
is Planes Declared DOwned.
Naval authorities stressed their
assertion that the Germans lost
about l6 planes in the past weeks
series of raids on Scapa Flow, the
Firth of Fourth and action in the
North Sea.
They said no British ship was
damaged by airplanes to an extent
that would have kept it from going
to sea. Hitherto the German losses
had been computed at 13 planes.
No ship, the British said, has
been hit by bombs except the
cruiser Southampton October 16 at
Rosyth. This was described as a
kind OF glancing blow and the
bomb did not actually explode on
deck, although there were casual
ties and hole was knocked in
the superstructure.
An account of the clash between
the British convoy and German
bombing planes in the North Sea
Saturday said that from time to time
during the morning enemy planes
had been sighted scouting under
cover OF low clouds. These were sub
Jected to sporadic fire. At 1890 pm.
three bombers appeared out of the
mist and dived, dropping bombs. and
then disappeared once more into the
mist as gunners opened up at them.
Later as the weather cleared two
flights OF seaplanes returned to the
attack. The leading escort ship
opened heavy fire from which the
bombers turned away. Several bombs
were dropped. Then Royal Air Force
planes swept out from the land and
were last seen in pursuit of the
enemy"
Britain and Turkey in Talks.
Great Britain was reported to have
entered into financial and economic
discussions with Turkey in line with
the new British French Turkish
mutual assistance treaty.
Informed sources said these dis
cussions were being conducted
principally in Ankara, the Turkish