NEW DESTROYER ON ROCKS.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14791, 24 April 1914, Page 2

NEW DESTROYER ON ROCKS.

LtAST SPEED TRIM* ENDS IN mSSBBEBL 'While jfrrnisihiiiig Iher speed trials over the measured !£!?!!& in 'u.f ; 'i of Clyde, the British destroyer, liaverock, one of the newest of the Li type, ran ashore and was* baafy damaged. The accident "occurred as the vessel was- being turned homeward for the last run against time. Still travelling: a* a higfc speed estimated at alboait 31 knots—--she ' was sweeping round iri a fine curve, when unexplained, she heade€ ■t'traigih't for the above, and ran on the rodks. lAII ominouvsi grating noise was the first indication to those below that j a mishap had occurred. It wa« then between two and~tJhree o'clooE. m tihe ! atfternoon, tRe Fifth being com.pa.ra- . tively smooth', but the atmosphere j vnu dark, while frequent ""hoary show er<3 swept the water. FAST ON THE ROCKS. The stranding was immo 1 ..itoly found to be seTiou-Sj^ the vessel "being held' tightly on the rocks, looking, indeed 1, a.s if sflhe lay on the stocks. The propellers were reported to be completely stripped off, and several plates were ripped open from the forebridge to the off stokehold. The hull ia constructed for ou combustion, aaid after Hie cra«ih oil was seen to be; exuding, from one of the rents. Fortunately the stranding occurred ait a .sheltered part of the shore. The anchors were lowered', and foe vessel made fast to prevent further damage. Aj dose inspection allowed that wUiiile the Ixaverock was making, water the. engine room anct the armament wore intact. [Acting proon-ptly and without the slightest confusion, the officers and men got out the &33n1l boats, and soon the majority ;&f those aboard.' were conveyed asfere. a final Scramble over the rocks talking tnem to the highway. { Next day three tugs were gent- \ down the river to sbmd by, and the] fconditiion. of tie La-Terock wias reported to be mob. that im* effect could be nia.de to refloat her until temporary repairs had been effected 1.