Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image

SUBMARINE MYSTERY

Fleet Seen Off the Galapagos

THOUGHT TO BE JAPANESE.

Vancouver, Nov. 3

Despatches from Galapagos Islands, off the coast of Ecuador, state that a fleet of submarines which were not identified was manoeuvring near San Cristobal Island, the most , easterly of the group, on Thursday night. The submarines were described as equipped with electric projectors. Off Barrington Island, west of San Cristobal, was a ship of large tonnage, presumably the mother ship of the submarine fleet. Other dispatches. from Balboa, in the Canal Zone, state that the submarines were not from the United States. It has been suggested that they might be Japanese. The Government of Ecuador was not able to investigate the affair, because no adequate boat was available.,.

This article text was automatically generated and may include errors. View the full page to see article in its original form.
Permanent link to this item

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BOPT19351105.2.46

Bibliographic details

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11866, 5 November 1935, Page 3

Word Count
122

SUBMARINE MYSTERY Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11866, 5 November 1935, Page 3

SUBMARINE MYSTERY Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11866, 5 November 1935, Page 3