On the Sea.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 99, 23 November 1916, Page 5

On the Sea.

M!.N£D TO!!PHE?OED ? HOSPITAL SHIP BRITANNIC. i '<* r!FTY LIVES LOST, SURVIVORS TOTAL 1106. (Press Extraordinary.) (Received 8.4 a.m.) London, November 22. The Britannic, of 47,500 tons, was sunk in the Aegean ssa. Eleven hundred were saved. The High Commissioner reports: — London, November 22 (4.15 p.m.) The Admiralty reports: The British hospital ship “Britannic” was sunk by a mine nr a torpedo yesterday in the Aegean Sea. There were HOG survivors, fifty lives being lost. SUNK BY A SUBMARINE. press Association —Copyright, -Austro lian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 12.50 p.m,) London, November 22. The Chronicle's Athens correspondent states that the Britannic was submarined off the Island of Zea. The survivors, including one nurse, lauded at Phaloron. They witnessed the departure of two of the expelled Ministers going to Piraeus., armed merchantmen. Press Association-Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 10.10 a.m.) Paris, November 22. Shipowners and others are discussing the arming of all merchantmen both at the how and stern.