SABOTAGE IN WARSHIPS
FURTHER CASES REPORTED
SUSPECTS REDUCED TO FOUR
United Tress Association—By Electric Tele-
graph—Copyright.
LONDON, December 9.
The "Daily Telegraph" says that, following the alleged sabotage in the battleship Royal Oak, similar malicious cases are reported aboard warships in other dockyards. It is believed that the damage was intended as a demonstration rather than an attempt to interfere with the working of the ships.
Inquiries have reduced the suspects to four.
The authorities are also giving attention to leakage of confidential information.
A cablegram from London yesterday stated that a sailpin had been found to have been driven into an electric cable connecting the power station in the Royal Oak with her control tower. Damage estimated at £300 resulted. At the Devonport dockyard the submarine Oberon was prevented from sailing by damage to her electrical equipment, an iron bolt and sheet copper having been placed in the motors.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 141, 11 December 1935, Page 10
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