LOST SUBMARINE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20306, 13 July 1929, Page 11

LOST SUBMARINE.

SALVAGE ABANDONED.

WORK TOO DANGEROUS.

NAVY PAYS LAST RESPECTS. British Wireless. KUGBY, July 11. The Parliamentary Secrotary to the Admiralty, Mr. C. G. Amnion, announces that after full consideration of the circumstances attending the location and salvage of tho ill-fated submarine H 47, it has been decided to abandon all further operations.

The following facts havo guided tho Admiralty in reaching this decision:— The certainty that all thoso who are missing perished almost immediately; the vessel sank in a great depth of water and the risks from tides and weather in the locality where she was sunk would render the salvage of the vessel, even if an ultimalo possibility, a long and anxious task involving divers and others engaged on the work in great and continued danger. Even if the H 47 were salvaged the damage sustained from tho pressure of water and flooding would render her unlit for further service, and salvage operations of such difficulty would not be justified.

At sunset this evening tho battleship Rodney, flying the flag of tho rearadmiral commanding submarines, RearAdmiral 11. E. Grace, and attended by an escort of destroyers and other craft, paid on the spot the Navy's last respects to those who lost their lives in tho H 47.