DEATH PRESUMED
LOST SUBMARINE'S CREW
DIFFICULTY OF SEARCH
(Received 30th January, Ij' p.m!)
LONDON, 29th Jannary.
The Admiralty- announces that th« deaths of the lost submarine';M2'g personnel must now be" presumed.: The latest obstruction found proved to bo an ,old wreck, but the ■ search ,is boinjr continued. ■■ '
The King has sent a,message of sympathy to the,, relatives. .
It is officially stated that six officers and fifty-two other-ranks of the Boyal Navy and two, aircraftsmen? wera aboard the M - ■■■' : .'-'. .--• ".'•'■ '.'
. Searchers in W eg t Bay, reported large quantities of oil coming '^to' the surface, and the whole flotilla wa» ordered, to iii locating the spot, but currents are distributing ,the oil over a wide area. "It. is considered, that the submarine is being bnffeted. by the currents, and thia is causing the oil tanks to leak.' ... , "
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1932, Page 14
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