Variance in Thetis Rescue Plans
COMMENT BY JUDGE WHY DID NO OTHERS USE DAVIS APPARATUS! United Press Associatfon.—By Electric Telegraph-—Copyrigh; | LONDON, July 18. At the inquiry into the sinking of tha submarine Thetis, Diver Frederick Orton described his discovery of an entanglerhent of wire in the conning tower. He expressed the opinion that this might have interfered with the escape hatch. He said that he attached a guide rope •and came to the surface. He was then ordered to cut the rope and cease diving. \v iwn cross-examined, witness said he; would have had no difficulty In attaching an air-pipe or screwing clown the forward hatch in accordance with Captain Oram’s plan. The Attorney-General read an Admiralty statement of 1934 that it intended rely on the Davis escape apparatus in preference to waiting in the hope of salvage. Mr Justice Bucknill: This is quite variance with the rescue plan Captain Oram brought up for raising the ship. I am wondering why the men ceased te escape, and whether they voluntarily decided to atay. The Attorney-General: We are recalling Captain Oram regarding this matter.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 170, 21 July 1939, Page 9
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183Variance in Thetis Rescue Plans Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 170, 21 July 1939, Page 9
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