Previous Accidents Recalled
LONDON, June 4
Replying to rumours that the Thetis had been involved in previous accidents, and also that there were too many on board, the ..managing director of Cammell, Laird and Co., Mr R. S. Johnson, said the previous mishaps were insignificant. Once the Thetis hit the firm’s dock after a trial, and another trial had been postponed, because the diving gear was unworkable, but the Thetis had dived twice previously in the dock basin.
Mr Johnson denied that the submarine was overcrowded on her last trial, and said ft was necessary to carry sub-contractors and Admiralty officials. About a dozen could have been accommodated on board the accompanying tug, but they had preferred to go in the submarine.
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Northern Advocate, 5 June 1939, Page 5
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