BRITISH DREADNOUGHT DESTROYED.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13933, 16 July 1917, Page 5

BRITISH DREADNOUGHT DESTROYED.

: BLOWN HP BY IHTEItHAL EXPLOSION. • r.. . i NEARLY ALL SHIP'S COMPANY PERISHES.. The High Commissioner reports: LONDON, July 13 (8.10 p.m.) • The Admiralty reports that H.M.S. Vanguard was blown up on Monday as the result of an internal explosion. Nearly all aboard perished. ■ (Australian and Reuter)., Received. July 15, at 5.5 p,m, LONDON, July' 14. , ' ' The Admiralty reports that the Vanguard, while anchored, was blown'up'oh the night of July 9, the result of an internal explosion. The. vessel sank immediately. There were three survivors—two. men and an officer. The latter has since died. Ninety-five of the crew were absent from the'ship at the time of the explosion. ; ' , , .-. i,'; . ( t - { ■" ■' ■. [The Vanguard was a Dreadnought built in 1908, and was one of the large class. Her displacement was 10,250 tons,, and.ller indicated horse power was 24,500, witli a. maximum' spe£d : H>i 22 . knots. • . Her main armament. consisted of ten 12in guns,, and ; ;S)ie was fitted with five torpedo tubes. She carried a crew of 724.] ••'