BEATING U-BOATS.
SECRET OF THE WAR. TRAPPED IN CHANNEL. MANY SENT TO BOTTOM. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received July 8, 11.5 p.m. London, July 7. Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keys, apeak* ,ing at Folkestone, revealed a remarkable submarine secret, showing how the sinking of a German submarine at Waterford assisted the Dover patrol to clear the straits of U. boats. When the submarine was raised it was found to contain plans for a submarine attack, including instructions how to circumvent the net barrage by getting under it or over it at high tide. The Admiralty immediately organised a large number of boats manned by fishermen, stretching from Folkestone to Cape Grisnez, burning enormous brock flares. The tonnage lost in the channel wae reduced from seventy thousand to eight thousand weekly and thirteen U. boats are now at the bottom of the channel between Folkestone and Grisnez.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 July 1923, Page 5
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