Cruiser Will Bring Bodies to England

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 437, 20 August 1928, Page 13

Cruiser Will Bring Bodies to England

CREW OF SALVAGED L 55 SUBMARINE’S COMMANDER FOUND AT WHEEL Times Cable. Reed. 2.15 p.m. LONDON, Sunday. The cruiser Champion, now at Portsmouth, will convey the remains of the members of the submarine L 55 from Eckronstadt, Russia, if arrangements are abie to be made with the Soviet. The Riga correspondent of “The Times” states that the bodies have been placed in coffins. The body of Lieut.-Commander C. M. S. Chapman, D.S.C., the commanding officer, was found at the steering-gear. The crew’s caps bear the names of 16 different warships. The men’s belongings, such as watches and knives, are being registered for return to their relatives. SOVIET BITTERNESS WARFARE OF 1919 RECALLED (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and .V. T.. Press Association.) (United Service) LONDON, Saturday. The Moscow correspondent of the “Daily News” says Muklevitch, the chief of the Soviet naval forces, declares that Britain, without a declaration of war, attacked the Soviet in 1919, sank four ships, and bombarded the forts in an attempt to destroy the revolution. He claims that the Russians sank 13 British warships, including the cruiser Cassandra. The Admiralty has issued a statement saying the submarine L 55, which has been raised by the Russians near Kronstadt, and two destroyers were the only warships lost in the Baltic in 1919. The Soviet’s claim to the sinking of H.M.S. Cassandra is probably based Qn the fact that the cruiser struck a German mine in the Skagrg’erak when the squadron of which she was flagship was proceeding to the Baltic, early in 1919. British cruisers also operated against the Russians in the Black Sea the same year.