BRITISH BATTLESHIP SUNK
Royal Oak Torpedoed In North Sea ABOUT EIGHT HUNDRED LIVES LOST Survivors Reported To Have Landed (United Press Association —Telegraph Copyright) (Received October 15, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, October 14. The Admiralty has announced that the battleship Royal Oak has been sunk, apparently by submarine action, in the North Sea. As far as is known the survivors number about 460 of an approximate complement of 1200.
A detailed list of the names of the Royal Oak survivors has been issued by the Admiralty. It shows that the total is 463, including Captain W. G. Benn, a former captain of the aircraft carrier Argus and former director of navigation, Commander R. F. Nicholls and four Lieutenant-Commanders. All have been landed, though the locality is not stated.
The list of survivors is not likely to contain any Australians or New Zealanders. It is quite possible that further names will be available in the morning.
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Southland Times, Issue 23949, 16 October 1939, Page 7
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