London, Jan. 1.
The Prose Bureau announces that the British battleship Formidable has been sunk in the English Chan: nel.
Later.
The Press Bureau states that, uP to the present, it is uncertain who ther H. M. 8. Formidable was sunk by a mine or @ submarine. A Brit ish light cruiser picked up seventy-one survivors and it is possible that others have been rescued by other vessels.
Later.
The Admiralty publishes a list of eighty survivors of H.M.S. Formié- able which includes three lieuten~ ants, an engineer-commander, ("0 assistant paymasters. and six midshipman, The Admiralty promises another list. A Brixham trawler saved seventy of the crew in addi tion to the above.
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