SINKING OF DUTCH HOSPITAL SHIP
LOSS OF THE KONINGEN REGENTES ATTRSEUTED TO A TORPEDO. FINDING OF THI-: DITCH NAVAL (KURT OF IXnl lltY. (Australian and N.Z. Gable Association.) Received July IS, a.a p.m. AMSTERDAM. July 17. The chairman of lie- Naval Gourl which iti\es|ji:uled the sinking of the Koningen Reveilles. said tin- evidence prove,! tbat the vessel was torpedoed. The sinkin- of i'ii Koningen t'.egentes. a Dulcli Imspilal ship, while reluming from England e.»ri> in June, produ I indignation in Holland, where il was iieii-\ed [bat the iit'i'inans llnai'.'hl Hie llrilish delegates were mi board, as was al tirsl annmuie -.!, A sensational sequel |,, !he sinking was that Ihe captain and "lluTs stated tli. y were coininced that ihe ves-e| was torpedoed. Tie <• ;"U"1'Il!.■ I. V. ho Wa- I'll deck, slated Hint lie s:>W all object approaching, and cri< d lo a commie, "Look al that viva! tish." An explosion followed. The quartermaster saw a torpedo '2OO yards distant approaching in a slanting direction, lie declared he -uld not possibly mistake it. Altogether live of tie' cp'w shale.l tha! Hn \ saw the torpedo approaching. They were positive iii.*'! the illlat w.,s not mined, as mines are rare in that locality. The German Admir.diy, in r. porting on the matter, attributed the sinking to a British mine
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13814, 19 July 1918, Page 5
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