SUBMARINE DAMAGED.
STRUCK WHILE SUBMERGED
ACCIDENT DURING EXERCISES
-V caulk CHENS A'l lON - OOPYRIGH I LONDON. March 22.
Submarine R 4 had -a narrow escape during exercises in'the- Channel. She was struck, while .submerged- by the destroyer Thruster her periscope being carried away and some of the bridge work damaged. The submarine was coming to the surface after a 40-feet dive and came up right undier the destroyer. If she had been a foot or two nearer'the surface she would probably have been sunk.
Nobodv was injured. The vessel was assisted to return to Portsmouth. The naval authorities are- reticent regarding the incident.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 24 March 1928, Page 5
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