THE ROYAL OAK
MILES FROM ANY OTHER VESSEL WHEN TORPEDOED AT SCAPA FLOW. OTHER SHIPS OF CLASS PROTECTED. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright (Received This Day. 11.35 a.m.) LONDON. October 25. In the House of Commons, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr Winston | Churchill, said the battleship Royal Oak was several miles from any other vessel when she was torpedoed. He hoped to make a statement on the result of the inquiry into the sinking next week. Two other battleships of the Royal Oak class, Mr Churchill stated, had been “bulged” at a cost of £200,000 each as a protection against torpedoes.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 October 1939, Page 8
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102THE ROYAL OAK Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 October 1939, Page 8
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