TORPEDOING OF THE GLATTON
A SURVIVOR IN WELLINGTON (Bj Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, This Day. William Thomas Fox, one of the survivors of 11.M.5. Glatton which, as stated in a recenF cable, was deliberately torpedoed in Dover harbour in 1918, lives in Wellington. He was a first-class petty oflicer. At the time the vessel was taking munitions across, and called at Dover for coal. Fox was changing in the bathroom when the first explosion occurred. He saw a mass of flames in the gangway, but made a dash and hit something, which rendered him unconscious. When he came to he made an attempt to flood the magazines, but the heat drove him back and he was badly burred. The next thing he remembered was someone dragging him by a rope to safety. Within a few minutes the ship was ablaze from end to end and men were jumping into the water. Destroyers came alongside and tried to rescue the cvew, but finding it hopeless five torpedoes were fired into the ship to save the town, and. she sank with a hundred men on board.
Several decorations were awarded for ha very, one in particular to SurgeonLieuteiiant Atkinson. Blinded himself by the explosion lie still managed to rescue several men. His life was despaired of, but he ultimately recovered.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 29 March 1930, Page 7
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