REFLOATING WARSHIPS
SUNK IN THE DARDANELLES,
(United Prevt Association.—Copyright.) (Sydney Sun Cable.) (Received 30th March, 10 a.m.) LONDON, 29th March. The "Daily Mail" states that an Italian firm has secured a concession to refloat 39 ships sunk in the Dardanelles in the wartime, including H.M.S.S. Goliath, Irresistible, and Majestic, and the French pre-dreadnoughts Gaulois and Bouvet.
The warships mentioned were sunk during the naval operations against Gallipoli. In the attack on 18th March, 1915, the British lost the Irresistible and Ocean, and the French the Bouvet. The Majestic and Triumph were torpedoed by German submarines on 27th and. 2;>tli May, respectively. The' Goliath Was torpedoed by a Turkish destroyer on 13th May.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 76, 30 March 1926, Page 7
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112REFLOATING WARSHIPS Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 76, 30 March 1926, Page 7
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