TOPPLES OVER
U-BOAT IN THAMES
Great Interest Shown By London Crowds N.Z. Press Association —Copyright Rec. 11.30 a.m. LONDON, May 22. The ocean-going U-boat UV776, which was the first- to, sail up the Thames, toppled over On its srde at its moorings at Westminster pier, alongside the House of Parliament • this evening. . . When the tide went down the hawser broke and the vessel, after settling at an acute angle, drifted some yards before Port of London Authority men secured her. The members of the picked crew of the U-boat were unharmed and they came ashore by an improvised landing-board. . • \ tt^ Great crowds watched the U-boat, which is 220 feet long, come up the Thames. Merchant vessels lying in the Pool of London hooted a derisive "cock-a-doodle-doo" on their sirens as the U-boat passed. •: The submarine will be thrown open for public inspection.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 120, 23 May 1945, Page 5
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