THETIS SUBMARINE DISASTER MEMORIAL SERVICE
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Sir,- Having served three years n: ;H M Submarine Service during the j Great War, and having been on sevj, i eral acceptance and diving trials sucl: . as the Thetis was undergoing, 1 tliere- . fere wished to hear the memorial seri vice to the men who lost their lives r , the Thetis submarine disaster. I tun- , ed into 2YA to hear the recorded ver e sion. Imagine how shocked 1 fell f when at 6.58 p.m. whilst the ministei w is still giving his address, the service J was completely cut off. Thus half the D service was not heard by those vvhc s w shed to hear it. I expected to hear s that a breakdown had occurred at the f ition but instead the seven o’clock e ‘ imes was heard, after which item: e t’i am th* Prime Minister* Depnrtmen l <> 're given n Surely on an occasion like the above i He news could have been postponed to: Teen ninutes. b.y which time the ser 1 vice would have ended Whoever war , responsible for cutting the service iia: » not to my mind shown ver much re- .. eject to the men who have di<id in the >. service of-H.M. Submarines.—l am etc., y H. I. JOHNS. Nelson, 9th June.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 10 June 1939, Page 13
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