THREE DAYS OF "TUMULT". A PICTURE SERIES SHOWING THREE DAYS IN THE CAREER OF THE BRITISH DESTROYER TUMULT IN THE ADRIATIC. ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 14/15, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DESTROYER ILEX SHE INTERCEPTED TWO ITALIAN SHIPS CARRYING GERMAN ARMED GUARDS. ONE, LADEN WITH 500 TONS OF BAUXITE, WAS SET ON FIRE BY THE GERMANS AND HAD TO BE SUNK, AND THE OTHER, A MEDIUM SIZED TANKER, WAS CAPTURED AND TAKEN INTO HARBOUR BY THE TUMULT. TWO DAYS LATER ON THE AFTERNOON OF OCTOBER 16TH, THE TUMULT WAS CARRYING OUT A SWEEP IN THE ADRIATIC, IN THE COMPANY OF THE DESTROYER TYRIAN, AND INTERCEPTED TWO ITALIAN S
THREE DAYS OF "TUMULT". A PICTURE SERIES SHOWING THREE DAYS IN THE CAREER OF THE BRITISH DESTROYER TUMULT IN THE ADRIATIC. ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 14/15, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DESTROYER ILEX SHE INTERCEPTED TWO ITALIAN SHIPS CARRYING GERMAN ARMED GUARDS. ONE, LADEN WITH 500 TONS OF BAUXITE, WAS SET ON FIRE BY THE GERMANS AND HAD TO BE SUNK, AND THE OTHER, A MEDIUM SIZED TANKER, WAS CAPTURED AND TAKEN INTO HARBOUR BY THE TUMULT. TWO DAYS LATER ON THE AFTERNOON OF OCTOBER 16TH, THE TUMULT WAS CARRYING OUT A SWEEP IN THE ADRIATIC, IN THE COMPANY OF THE DESTROYER TYRIAN, AND INTERCEPTED TWO ITALIAN STEAMERS NEAR THE ISLAND OF MIJET. ONE WITH A GERMAN ARMED GUARD ABOARD, WAS TAKEN INTO HARBOUR BY THE TYRIAN. THE OTHER WAS SET ON FIRE BY HER CREW. PRISONERS TAKEN BY THE TUMULT IN THE ACTION INCLUDED 47 GERMANS AND 15 ITALIANS. - Some of the 47 German prisoners from the OLIMPIA, being disembarked from HMS TUMULT at Bari, Italy
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