SUBMARINE SUNK.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 34, 5 February 1912, Page 6

SUBMARINE SUNK.

NONE OF THE CREW SAVED

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.

United Press Association

London, February 2,

Submarine A 3 was sunk in a collision at the Isle of Wight. It' is understood that eleven wore drowned. Preliminary to assembling the fleet to welcome their Majesties six submarines accompanied by the the Hazard and the Antelope proceeded for torpedo-firing practice to the east of the Isle of Wight. - ' 'A3, while partly submerged, collided with the Hazard and was badly piorced. She settled immediately and the escape of air and gas indicate that she is filled with water. Four' officers and ten men are aboard. THE POSITION OF THE VESSEL ; 'a LOCATED. SALVAGE OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. London, February 3. Warships ancMugs arc carrying on sweeping operations, and despite snow squalls they located the sunken submarine in seven fathoms of water, close to the spot where the submarine A 1 came to grief in 1901. Divers will descend at daybreak, but tile strong current makes salvage difficult.

The. HazardSvas steaming at the \ rate of 10 knots, the submarine attacking. her. The Hazard observed the A 3 dive 2000 yards away, and she was not seen again, though the collision was felt. She probably intended to cross the Hazard's course and attack from the other side. Instead of this the conning tower struck the Hazard’s side below the water line. The gunboat’s propeller gave the “coup de grace.’ ’ The A class submarine is not furnished with chemical respiration helmets served to the newer submarines. ; In any case the inrush of water would have overwhelmed the crow before they-could have donned them. The fatal manoeuvre is common to submarines, which carry out similar exercises five days a week, often making as many as twenty attacks. The reason so many officers were aboard is due to the fact that they were undergoing an instructional course. Lieutenant .Omand, who has been married only two months, had ■re-. A-'TltilabetP', the “ commanding officer, who was absent on leave. Lieutenant Campbell...,, and,.. Acting-Lieutenants Ernest Thornton and Leonard Richardson were also drowned. dm m f) ‘n ROYAL AND REPUBLICAN CONDOLENCES. London, February 4. The Kaiser and M. Fallieres telegraphed their ■ sympathy to the British (Admiralty in the submarine disaster. Lieutenant Donald Campbell is not Mrs Patrick Campbell’s son. SU <«♦•« niiWs. .