The number of survivors of the battleship Royal Oak, which was sunk by a German submarine yester-Gay, ig 414 men, including officers, according to the latest list compiled by the Admiralty. The possibility of further "survivors, the Admiralty adds, must now be regarded remote, The complement of the ship was approximately 1300 men.
The official list of known survivers, according to a communique issued by the Admiralty, includes the names of Captain W. G. Benn and Commander R.F Nichols, Captain Benn has seen service in the Far East and until a few years ago, was with the China Station. He was Senior Ameer of the West River Flotil in South China, from 1932 to 19%.
The Royal Oak was a battleship of the Royal Sovereign class, displacing 29,160 tons. The cost of the vessel was nearly £2,500.000. She was a Yeleran of the last Great War, having deen in action at Jutland. In more Fecent times, she came under fire during the Spanish civil, war, battleship was recommissioned Portsmouth on June 7—Reuter.
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