RAISING THE THETIS
ANOHTER HAWSER BREAKS. HEAVIER WIRES TO BE USED By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. ’ LONDON. June 7. The salvage operations on the ■ submarine Thetis were suspended today after the snapping of the wire hawser in a heavy swell. Heavier wires are being obtained. REPORT DENIED. SALVAGE OF SUBMARINE TO PROCEED. (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, June 8. The Controller of the Navy, ViceAdmiral Sir Reginald Henderson, is going to Birkenhead to confer with experts regarding the next step in salvaging the Thetis. The Press Association had stated that the advisability of leaving the Thetis on the seabed had been under consideration, but Earl Stanhope, in the House of Lords, said there was no authority for the suggestion that the Thetis might be abandoned. Mr Neville Chamberlain, in the House of Commons announced that Mr Justice Buckniil will preside at the Thetis inquiry. The flooding of the submarine is thought to be more extensive than was expected and in consequence the loss of buoyancy is necessitating more powerful lifting gear.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 June 1939, Page 5
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