THE SUBMARINE DISASTER.
FURTHER DETAILS. London. Feb. 3. The warships' tugs are carrrying on sweeping operations despite snow squalls. They have located the sunken submarine in seven fathoms of water close to the spot where the submarine Al came to grief in 1904. Divers will descend at daybreak. The strong' current makes salvage difficult.
The Hazard was steaming at the rate of 10 knots, and the submarine was attacking her. The Hazard observed A 3 dive 2(h?0 yards away, and she was not seen again, though the collision was felt.
She probably intended to cross the Hazard’s course and attack from the other side. Instead of this her conning tower struck the Hazard’s side below, and the propeller gave her the coup-de-grace.
The A class of submarines are not furnished with chemical respiration helmets served to the newer submarines. In any case the inrush of water would have overwhelmed the crew before they could have donned them.
The fatal manoeuvre is a common one. The submarines carry out similar exercises five claye in the week, often making twenty attacks.
The reason for so many officers being aboard is due to the fact of their undergoing an instructional course.
Lieutenant Ormond who has been married on*' two months, had replaced the commanding officer, who was absent on leave.
Lieut*. Campbell, Ernest Thornton and Leonard Richardson were also drowned.
The Emperor William and M. Fallieres have telegraphed their sympathy in connection with the submarine disaster.
[ The life-saving helmet referred to in the above cable is a clever invention with which all the latest submarines are equipped. It is like a diver's helmet, only much lighter, and when a submarine sinks as a result of an accident her crew, if provided with these heimets, can save themselves by putting them on and being shot, one by one. through a torpedo tube. The helmet saves the wearer from drowning until he can refcth the surface, when he can take it off and float until nicked up.]
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 44, 5 February 1912, Page 6
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332THE SUBMARINE DISASTER. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 44, 5 February 1912, Page 6
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