LOSS OF GLORIOUS
SURVIVORS NOT SEEN
A MYSTERY OF THE SEA
QUESTIONS ASKED
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) (Received October 25, 1 p.m.) LONDON, October 24. Allegations that the Admiralty had omitted to advise the Coastal Command of the movements of H.M.S. Glorious, which was sunk on June 13, and that hundreds of lives were lost unnecessarily, were made in the House of Commons when Mr. R. R. Stokes (Labour) asked why adequate steps had not been taken to rescue the j survivors of the Glorious, who were! afloat for 48 hours on rafts. The Financial Secretary to the Admiralty (Mr. Victor Warrender) replied: "Our planes and ships passed close to the rafts but unfortunately did not see them. Owing to a completely inexplicable cause, no signal from the Glorious was intercepted."
Mr. C. G. Ammon (Labour): Does not the loss of 1000 men emphasise the necessity- for a court martial. Mr. Warrender: An inquiry was held but the commanding officer went down with his ship. What happened must remain a mystery. I take the strongest exception to any suggestion that there was negligence on the part of the Admiralty.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 101, 25 October 1940, Page 7
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188LOSS OF GLORIOUS Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 101, 25 October 1940, Page 7
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