Submarine Lost

Southland Times, Issue 20616, 15 October 1928, Page 5

Submarine Lost

French Vessel RAMMED RY GREEK STEAMER Crew of Forty-three Perish (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) London, October 12. It is ascertained that a Greek steamer sank the French submarine Ondine with three officers and forty men off Oporto on the night of October 3. The master of a French steamer arriving at Rouen reports that he intercepted this morning at 4.10 a wireless message from a foreign steamer saying: “Struck fishing boat or floating wreck.” The position given by the captain coincides with that of the Ondine. Therefore there is no doubt she is sunk with all hands in a depth between 4500 and 6000 feet. A Paris message says that apart trona grief at the loss of the Ondine and crew, of which there is now no doubt, there is a feeling of soreness regarding the circumstances of the sinking. The Minister of Marine received news from the French Consul at Rotterdam who telegraphed that the master of the Greek steamer Ekaterina on arrival there reported colliding with an object off the coast of Portugal between Vigo and Oporto at 11 o’clock on the evening of October 3. The master said he was unable in the darkness to ascertain the nationality. He cruised backwards and forwards for two hours, but saw no trace of survivors or wreckage. The sea was rough. French officials say the usual course would be to await daylight and continue the search, and also think that the master should have gone to Vigo instead of waiting eight days until his arrival at Rotterdam.—Australian Press Association.