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20. There are considerable numbers of Merchant Vessels in Bergen and in the fjords between Bergen and Trondheim.

The number of U-Boats at sea appears to have increased and it is believed there is at least one in the Western Approaches and two off Finisterre and submarine patrols possibly exist between the Orkneys and Norway and the Shetlands and Faroes.

Italian.

21. The disposition of the Italian Fleet at the outbreak of hostilities is believed to have been as follows:-

Taranto-

4 battleships, 3 eight-inch cruisers, 2 six-inch cruisers, 26 destroyers,

9 M.T.Bs. and 22 submarines.

Messina-

3 eight-inch cruisers, 4 six-inch cruisers, 9 destroyers, 7 T.Bs. and

8 submarines.

Palermo-

2 six-inch cruisers.

Naples-

4 six-inch cruisers, 4 destroyers, 3 T.Bs. and 10 submarines.

Spezia-

1 eight-inch cruiser, 9 destroyers, 9 T.Bs. and 25 submarines.

Cagliari-

7 submarines.

Trieste-

1 battleship.

Augusta-

9 T.Bs. and 8 submarines.

Tobruk-

3 destroyers and 9 submarines.

The Dodecanese-

2 destroyers, 4 T.Bs. and 8 submarines.

The Red Sea-

7 destroyers, 3 T.Bs. and 8 submarines.

Since the outbreak of hostilities unidentified surface units have been reported 80 miles north of Derna (Libya) and 50 miles west of Cephalonia (Ionian Islands). Three Zara-class cruisers, with 6 destroyers, were sighted by H.M.S. Orpheus 70 miles north-east of Malta at noon of the 12th June.

One more submarine is believed to have reached Tobruk and one Cagliari.

Enemy Merchant Shipping.

German.

22. The first German merchant ships to fetch ore from Lulea in Sweden are reported to have arrived there on the 23rd May. The average size of the ships is 3,000 tons, and they are now leaving at the rate of two a day. Danish and Norwegian shipping may be being used for this purpose.

Four German merchant ships which had taken refuge in Naples sailed from there on the 8th June, probably bound for a port in the Adriatic, the Ingo

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