THE END OF THE HERMES.
THREE TORPEDOES AT INTERVALS.
LONDON. November 2.
. A samvor of the cruiser Hermes states that she had reached mid-channel when there was a tremendous crash and a shower of splinters. The orew >wero thrown down so violently that many limbs were broken. The first torpedo struck her on. the port side, at the en- ' gino room. Twenty-four minutes . later a second torpedo was seen ooming from a different quarter, and before tho Hermes could manoeuvre ,it struck her amidships. While the crow were ; being taken off, a third torpedo missed .the bows narrowly. There are forty of her crew missing;. t AMSTERDAM. November 2. ' It is stated that the Germans aie mounting caissons capable of firing torpedoes at the entrance to the Ostend wd Zeebrugg© harbours.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 15116, 4 November 1914, Page 7
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