SUBMARINE SUNK.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19667, 10 July 1929, Page 11

SUBMARINE SUNK.

! RESULT OF COLLISION.

i TWENTY MEMBERS OF CREW | MISSING. | j (UNITED PBESB ASSCCXATIOS— 3¥ ELSCTEIC j TELEGRAPH—COPrHIC-HT.) I (Received July 9th. 11.35 p.m.) ' LONDON, July 9. The Admiralty announces that Submarine H. 47 was sunk by Submarina L. 12 in a position 52 degrees North, 5 degrees West. There axe two survivors from H. 47. The submarine sank in St. George's Channel, 12 miles north-west of St. David's Head, Pembrokeshire. H. 47 was attached to the Sixth Submarine Flotilla, and was acting as tender to the depot ship Vulcan. The officers included Lieut.-Com-mander R. S. Gardner, Lieut. E. W. Moir, and Sub-Lieut. E. G. Cronin. The survivors are Lieut. Gardner and the telegraphist of the The authorities have not yet received information as to the circumstances of the disaster. One man is missing from Ll2. H 47 had a crew of 22, and Ll2 a complement of 36.—Australian Press Association, United Service.

The position indicated is a short distance off the coast of Wales, in St. George's Channel, between St. David's Head and Strumble Head. Submarine H. 47 was built in 1919. She was 171 feet in length, with 15ft beam and draught of 13ft, her displacement being 500 tons. The full complement of the vessel is given in Brassey's Naval Annual as 23. Submarine L.12 is a larger vessel of 2400 tons. She was built by Vickers in 1918, is 238 ft in length, 23ft in depth, and carries a crew of 76.