CAUSE OF LOSS
M2 SUBMARINE DISASTER. EXPLOSION IN BATTERY. (United Press Association. —By Electrie Telegraph.—Copyright.) LONDON, February 4. The “Daily Telegraph’s” naval correspondent quotes a submarine officer as expressing the opinion that the most likely cause of the loss of the M.2 was an explosion in the battery. “M” boats are probably the saiest submarines in existence, hut carry storage batteries to feed electrical motors. This constitutes a perpetual, deadly peril, as if the boat heels at an acute angle, the tail batteries may break loose, hut- the most likely cause would by a- hydrogen explosion while the batteries were being charged. The batteries occupy the space extending from the hows to the conning tower, thus the entire forepart of the vessel may have been wrecked instantly, explaining the complete silence from the wreck. There would not even liave been time to close the watertight door; It is possible that the doors of the senplane hangar on the foredeck were prematurely opened, but the battery explosion is the only theory that covers the available facts.
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 February 1932, Page 5
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175CAUSE OF LOSS Hokitika Guardian, 5 February 1932, Page 5
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