Three merchant ships lost in Japanese air atack on Ceylon according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 12 April 1942

An item reported that during the Japanese attack on Trincmalee, Ceylon on 9 Aprol two merchant ships were lost and third one beached.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No.123 dated 12 April 1942.