NEW ADVENTURES
CREW OF ROYAL OAK ACCIDENT TO TRAIN ACCOUNTS OF SINKING PRAISE FOR DRIFTER ’(Reed. Oct. 21, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 20. The adventures of 300 of the survivors of H.M.S. Royal Oak, which was torpedoed in Scapa Flow, did not end when they were rescued. They were involved in a train accident while on their way south. The train crashed into a line of trucks, but no one was injured. The survivors highly praised the courage and daring of the skipper of a drifter, who lashed his boat to the sinking warship and picked up many men. An able seaman said that one of the drifter’s crew leaned over the water and pulled sailor after sailor from the water like a man pulling in big fish. The warship threatened to heel over and take the drifter with her, but somebody cut the lines and the drifter backed away as the warship plunged to the bottom. An officer said that there was no sign of, panic and the men responded to orders immediately.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20075, 23 October 1939, Page 11
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