SUBMARINE RAMMED
N.Z. Men On Destroyer (Special Correspondent, N.Z.P.A.) (Rec. 11.35 p.m.) LONDON, October 5. Two New Zealanders were in the destroyer which rammed the submarine which sank the aircraft-carrier Eagle, Telegraphists A. E. Woods (Timaru) and A. S. Whiting (Mayfield) The destroyer was travelling at 28 knots and carried the submarine 30 yards on her bows before the submarine broke up. It was 1 a.m. and pitch dark. There were no survivors. Telegraphist Whiting said: I had just relieved Woods in the wireless telegraphy room when there came an order, ‘Stand-by for crash.’ Then about half a minute later there was a terrific crash. We carried on working. Telegraphist Woods said: “I. was in the mess and was flung against the bulkhead. I rushed to the deck, but could not see or hear anything.” Telegraphists Woods and Whiting are now on leave in London.
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Southland Times, Issue 24868, 7 October 1942, Page 5
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145SUBMARINE RAMMED Southland Times, Issue 24868, 7 October 1942, Page 5
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