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Old 07-22-15, 08:53 AM   #941
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July 22:

Atlantic Ocean, north of Scotland: Ernst Graeff, in U-36, stops and sinks two British trawlers - King Athelstan, 159 tons, and Star of Peace, 180 tons. He also sinks Russian freighter SS Rubonia, 3,664 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardif to Archangelsk. His score now stands at 6 ships and 7,272 tons.



North Sea: Reinhold Lepsius, commanding U-6, stops and sinks Swedish sailing ship Fortuna, 203 tons, bound from Halmstad to West Hartlepool with a cargo of pit props. His score is now 7 ships and 6,874 tons.
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