BRITISH TANKER SUNK

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 121, 20 February 1928, Page 9

BRITISH TANKER SUNK

FIFTEEN OF CREW DROWNED Tokio, February 17. Following an explosion on board the British tanker Chuky, the vessel sank off Boshu Peninsula (Eastern Japan). Captain Hernes and fourteen others were drowned. 1 here are twenty-five survivors, who clung to the wreck from Wednesday night to Friday morning, and who were rescued in an exhausted condition by Japanese fishermen. The Chuky was en route to Tokio with a cargo of 72,000 cases of kerosene.—Sydney “Sun” Cable. (Rec. Februarv 19, 5.5 p.m.) Tokio, February 17. Tweutv-one survivors of the tanker Chuky arrived at Yokohama, telling a tale of the steamer exploding and sinking on Wednesday 100 miles from the entrance to Tokio Bay. Captain Hermes, three officers, and ten of the crew were lost. The engineers were saved by a lifeboat. After being twenty-nine hours adrift thev were tescued by a Japanese fishing launch.

[The Chuky was a steamer of 7335 tons, belonging to the Sheridan Steamship Company, of London, and was fitted for carrying oil in bulk as well as in case. Her engines were capable of using Iqw. flash oil fuel. J