SUBMARINE WARFARE
! OFF IRISH COAST. ! fAUSTRALIAN & N. 3. CABLE ASSOCIATION & REUTER.] (Received this day at 12.30 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 4th. The Admiralty warship Drake, Captain Redcliffe, was torpedoed on Tuesday off tho North coast of Ireland. It reached harbour lio\9 over, anti sank in shallow water. Tho explosion killed one officer and eighteen men. The remainder wore saved. SINKING OF “U” BOATS. GREATER THAN EVER. [AUSTRALIAN &■ N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION*] Received, this day at 8.46 a.m. LONDON, October 5.
The naval authorities state the sinkings of “U’’ boats in the past quarter were greater than for any previous quarter.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 October 1917, Page 3
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