WRECK OF H.M.S. SERPENT.
STATEMENTS OF SURVIVORS. l__J_ PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Beceived November 25t_, I—2o a-m. London, November 24. The survivors of H.M.S. Serpent, which was wrecked off the coast of Spain, have reached Plymouth. They state that a difference of opinion existed among the officers as to tbe course the vessel should be steered, and this led to the disaster. The vessel broke in two shortly after she struck the rocks. The survivors complain that there was a great scarcity of lifebelts on board, otherwise the loss of life would not have been so great. —__——__——_—_._.
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Press, Volume XLVIL, Issue 7719, 26 November 1890, Page 5
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