London, Nov. 25.
'INS. Belfast was damaged by a German torpedo or mine in the Firth of Forth near May Isle three days ago, the Admiralty announced last night, Twenty men were injured the blast and are under medical care, while the 10,000-ton cruiser is now in dock undergoing repairs. The Admiralty also said losses, in HMS. Gipsy, destroyer which struck a mine and was beached on Wednesday, are considerably less than at first feared. One officer is badly wounded and two suffered slight injuries. One rating died of his wounds, 28 are missing, one is gravely injured and nine received slight injuries.
News'of two more tragedies at sea reached London last night when it was reported that the British steamer Mangalore, 8,889 tons, was struck and sunk by a mine while at anchor off the east coast of England yesterday and that the Dutch vessel Sliedrecht, 5,193 tons, was torpedoed by a U-boat one week ago. Both sinkings caused high feeling here, especially when it became known that the neutral Dutch vessel, an oil-tanker, was deliberately tor-pedeed and her crew left at the mercy of the elements for 7¥2 days.
'A third survivor's tale was that re-nied by-a sailor of the British steamer Darino, torpedoed on Thursday, who declared that he was taken down Into the U-boat and shown torpedoes on which were painted the words, "For Churchill" and "Por Chamber-
Two hundred German mines were washed "up on Yorkshite "beaches yesterday and all were found to of that type which is supposed to Slay anchored or else be rendered Auomatically harmless if it breaks Toose from its moorings.
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