The Archive · 1939

British Submarines Run Aground

London, Feb. 22.

Two British submarines, each of 670 tons displacement, ran ashore at Sandown, Isle of Wight, today during a southerly gale, while they were engaged in exercises. One has been refloated, but the other is still lodged on' sandbank. Both belong to the Swordfish class, and are capable of making a "crash dive" in thirty seconds. Each cost between £230,000 and £240,000.—Reuter. of Japan has been placed in the hands of a willing United States by politicians of a third Power?"—Reuter.

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