NAVAL COLLISION
OFFICIAL UEI'OKT ON DAMAdE LONDON, January 30. Sir Bolton Eyres-Moifsell (First Lord of the Admiralty) in reply to a question in the House of Commons, said the collision between H.M.S. Renown and 11.M.5. Hood took place when the Battle Cruiser Squadron was reforming. Nobody was injured. 11.M.5. Renown had fractured a stem casting and there was some structural damage above and below the water level. 11.M.5. Hood, which was damaged in the starboard protection compartment and the propeller, was due at Portsmouth on February 4. The report of the enquiry was at present not available.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21387, 1 February 1935, Page 11
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