LOSS OF BATTIESHIP.
CORNWALLIS SUNK . IN! MEDITERRANEAN.
SEAPLANE CARRIER ALSO SUNK. .Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.! (neuter's Telegratn.j (Received January 12, 10.15 a.m.) ■■■■'■'. LONDON, January 11. The Admiralty reports .that H.M.S. Oornwailis was submarined and sunk in the Mediterran(ean on Tuesday; Thirteen *r en are missing. The seaplane earner Bennychree was suuk by gunfire at Kastelorigo, in Asia Minor, to-day. One officer and four men were wounded. ■ . "
The High Commisioner resp'orts:
LODON, January 11, 1.15 p . m . , J. he. Admiralty reports that H.M.B. UJrnwalhs was submarined and sunk in tbe Mediterranean on Tuesday. Thirteen are missing. " • Thb seaplane carrier Bernychree was s.unk by gunfire in Kastleorizo harbor io-day. ("H.M-S. Comwallis was a battleship of 14,000 tons displacement, completed i^-^kwell in 1904. at a cost of -31,---■302,000. Her chief armament comprised 4 12-inch, 12 6-inch, 12 12---pounder, 4 3- pounder, and machine guns. Her complement numbered 750 men. The vessel's speed was 18. y knots.] .-■ . .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14195, 12 January 1917, Page 3
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