SUBMARINE PERILS.
HEAVY LOSS IN PERSONNEL. WAR’S TOLL REVEALED. i<y Telegraph.-'-Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Dec. 17, 5.5 p.m. London, Dec. 16. Admiral Sinclair unveiled a memorial at the Temple Gardens to officers and men who lost their lives in the submarine service. It records the loss of fifty-three submarines. The number killed was greater in proportion to strength compared to any other branch of the fighting force* —138 officers and 1225 men, including many gallant merchant sailors who volunteered and lost their lives, representing one-third of the total submarine service.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Association.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1922, Page 5
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91SUBMARINE PERILS. Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1922, Page 5
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