SINKING OF THE CYMRIC
FIVE KILLED BY TORPEDO,
LONDON, 9th May,
Further particulars of the sinking of the Cymric show that a submarine attacked the Cymric at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The explosion of the torpedo killed .five of the crew The vessel remained ailoat for eleven hours, and when she sank 'the 107 survivors took to the ship's boats and attempted to make for a South of Ireland port.
A Dutch steamer picked them up, after they had. been eight hours in the boats.
The Cymric was carrying a general cargo.
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 111, 11 May 1916, Page 7
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