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THE LOST DESTROYERS.
(Australian, and N.Z. Cable Association.) - ~ LONDON, Monday.
.Naval/experts nre'of 6pihion that tlie three destroyers recently lost ran, into a minefield Ui'nl by a submarine minelayer. .„ ... The ''.Daily Mail" connects the episode vrit}\ Sir .John , Jellieioe's retirement. t (The three British destroyers referred tit were officially reported on December 2!Hh to have been t|mk by mine or torpedo off the Dutch const during the night of 'December .Wie loss of V.'i .officers and 180, men. Sir John Jellicoe's resignation from the position of First Sea Lord of the Admiralty was report ed on December 26th.)
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 3 January 1918, Page 3
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