FATE OF ROYAL OAK
ISOLATED POSITION STATEMENT INTENDED (Reed. Oct 26, 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 25. Speaking in the House of Commons to-day, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, said that the Royal Oak, which was sunk at Scapa Flow by a German submarine, was several miles from any other vessel when she was torpedoed. He hoped to make a statement on the result of the inquiry into the sinking of the ship next week. Mr. Churchill said that other battleships of the Royal Oak class had been “bulged,” at a cost of £200,000 each, as a protection against torpedoes.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20078, 26 October 1939, Page 6
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103FATE OF ROYAL OAK Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20078, 26 October 1939, Page 6
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