British Submarine Sunk In 1919 Raised From Sea Floor By Soviet.
WAS SUNK IN FIGHT WITH RUSSIAN WARSHIPS, BUT WHETHER BY SHELL OR MINE IS UNKNOWN. (United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—dopy right. > (Received August 17, 10.15 a.m.) MOSCOW, August 16. SALVAGE workers have raised the British submarine L 55, which was sunk in June, 1919. It was covered with a thick layer of rust, and there were skeletons inside it. It is believed that forty perished. There are traces of a shell having hit the upper deck. An investigation is proceeding to determine whether the vessel was sunk by artillery fire, or whether it collided with a mine. A Soviet Note explains that on June 4, 1919, Kronstadt Fortress reported that British destroyers were in the region of Capor Bay, and that Soviet destroyers had engaged them. Afterwards tlie conning-tower of a submarine appeared, and the Russian ships bombarded it. An enormous cloud of black smoke arose, followed hv a dull detonation, and the submarine dis-appeared.—-Australian Press Association-United Service.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18543, 17 August 1928, Page 9
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