SUBMARINE'S DEAD.
SOVIETS SOLEMN CEREMONY. (UKJTBD PWJB AS9t)CI4THW"j»X JSMPWO. LQNDQN, August 86. The; correspondent of "The Tiroes" at Biga states that Moscow baa instructed the nava] authorities to make the transfer of the bodies of" the L 55 submarine victims a solemn ceremony. British merchantmen, will be admiih ted to Kronstadt roadstead, where the transfer of the coffins will be made in the presence of the Baltic Bed Fleet. A guard of honour composed of Bed sailorß will attend, and Soviet flags' will be lowered during the transfer. The Admiralty have arranged for the bodies of the victims of the submarine LSS to be transferred in the Baltic Sea to the cruiser H.M.S. Champion, which wil convey them to England. The remains of the crew will be handed over by the Soviet authorities to the English steamer Truro on its arrival at Kronstadt, to which L 56 was towod after it had been salvaged. .. The Truro will join H.M.S. Champion at a Baltic rendezvous.~-Anstralian Press Association.
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Press, Volume XLIV, Issue 19400, 28 August 1928, Page 7
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