A atory, reminiscent of Drake finishing his game of bowls before taking sail to defeat the Armada, was told ot Portsmouth by Admiral Sir Stanloy Colvilla, commander-in-chief at that port. A submarine,' he aaid, was proceeding up the Dardanelles when the captain noticed through the periscope that a floating mine had become attached! to the rudder. Ha consulted with the lieutenant, and they agreed not to inform the orew, but to hare breakfast ana think what was best to be done. After twenty minutes they had 1 a plan for removing the- mine, which succeeded.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 79, 27 December 1917, Page 7
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