"Thursday, at 230 pan., a destroyer appeared off the starboard, Nearing. quickly, T discerned the English flog. ahd gave the general alarm to stand by, scuttle and burn the ship.
"had drilled the crew for a month and they knew what to. do, The destroyer signalled us to halt. mediately we started sending boats over the side. The destroyer Ored two shots across our bow. I ordered the lifeboats lowered, -f ordered the ship scuttled and the sea valves opened, All tive lifeboats wore lowered copt numbers 13 and 14 to be kept ready for the scutlling crew and the fire brigade when they had Snished their jobs.
"The chief engineer reported that the sea valves were open and ordered the ship set are. After the last two boats had cleared the ship. 1 went down a rope to a boat in which Telreled the Columbus, In connection with the scuttling of the German battleship and the loss for damage of two German cruisers in three days, the special commentary recapitulates British naval losses. 30 far suffered in the current war. They are:
The aiveraft carrier Courageous (22300 tons), the battleship Royal Onk (29.150 ' tons), the destroyers Gipsy (335 tons), Blanche (1,360 tons) and Duchess '(1.375 tons), the submarine Oxley (1.354 tons), the cruiser Rawalpindi (16,607 nda few auxiliary patrol The aircraft carrier Ark Royal (23,000 tons), the cruiser Southampton (9,100 tons), the battle cruisers Hood (42.100), Renown (82,000 tons), and Repulse (32,000 tons), and other ships alleged by the Germans to have been sunk or damaged are still engaged in their lawful duties, some of which have now been revealed, the Commentary coneludes.—Reuter.
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