SUBMARINE CREWS MUTINY AND ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE
TORPEDO-BOATS SEIZED AND HEADED FOR NORWAY.
PURSUIT AND DESTRUCTION. OF TWO BY WARSHIPS.
(Heoeived 5.5 p.m.)
LONDON. Sept. 6.
The Christiania correspondent of the Times states that on successive days recently numerous bodies of German marines have been washed up, especially on the coast of Jutland. No fight had been reported from the British or German side, and there was much speculation as to the cause of the casualties. It now transpires that it was the result of a naval mutiny. Submarine crews refused to embark, seized four torpedo-boats and fled full steam for Norway. They were overtaken by German warships ahd a regular fight ensued. At least two torpedo-boats were sunk, and the crews either killed by gunfire or drowned..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16950, 9 September 1918, Page 6
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