SALVAGE OF THETIS
VESSELS LEAVE PORT FA YOUR ABLE . CONDITIONS (Klee. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (British Ofliciul Wireless.) Reed. 1 p.m. RUGBY, June 30. The speciaL vessel Zelo and the Liverpool and l Glasgow Salvage Association’s vessel Ranger sailed from the Mersey to-day for Liverpool Bay preparatory to beginning salvage operations on the submarine Thetis.
The sea was smooth with a moderate breeze and blear visibility. The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Frank Bowater. announced that £112,000 had been raised- towards the contemplated £120,000 Thetis relief fund, enabling pensions to the relatives of victims of from £SO to £IOO a year
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19978, 1 July 1939, Page 6
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