Evening star., 1925-11-13
Submarine Said to Be on Sea
Bed, But Divers Cannot
Reach Craft.
SLIGHT HOPE HELD OUT
IN NEW SIGNAL DEVICE
Great Weight Precludes Any At
tempt to Lift Ship to the
Surface.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PLYMOUTH, England, November 10.
The giant British monitor sub
marine MI, with 6S officers and men
on board. Is believed to be lying help
iessly on the ocean bed southwest of
start Point, Devonshire, in 24O feet
OF water
Word that the submersible. missing
since early yesterday, had been found
was received here from the com
mander of the searching squadron.
The news carried a heart sinking
significance, for it is believed rescue
of the crew by divers or attempts to
raise the great hull will be impossible
because of the tremendous pressure
at that depth.
HydrOphone Used
Messages from Weymouth supple
menting the one reporting the discov-
cry of the submarine said that the
hulk believed to be the MI was To-
Gated by the use of hydrophone
tsound-catching device) used by anti
submarine craft. Experts here rec
ognized the difficulty of being certain
that the submerged body encountered
is actually the MI. This part Of the
coast is the graveyard of many boats
sent to the bottom by German sub
marines during the war.
While il is determined that there
was no collision, officials believe the
MI may have struck submerged
wreckage which punctured her side.
In this case there Is small chance
that any of the crew is still alive.
This. however, is but a matter of spec
ulation.
The officials seem agreed on the
fact, whether the submarine had
been located or not, if she lies in
such depths, that divers cannot oper-
ate and she cannot be raised.
Other Ships Diving.
Since yesterday morning a great
Hotilla OF ships with nets and sig
mailing apparatus has been search
ing feverishly for the missing boat.
Everything that science could fur
nish has been rushed to the spot.
Other submarines have been diving
and using secret devices for sig
mailing to the crew. There has been
no response. although the MI was
equipped with the latest instruments
for replying to such signals.
The tragedy is one of the greatest
in the history of the submarine serv
Ice. So far as can be recalled, the
crew of the M-1-88 officers and men
is the largest ever involved In an
accident aboard an English submersi-
BILE.
Shippers Service Distinguished.
Lieut.. Comdr. Alex Murray Carrie.
who was in charge of the ill-starred
craft. had distinguished service rec
ord, although only 80 years of age.
He was married II months ago and
has a 6-week- son.
Many of the others of the crew
were married. One. Petty Officer
seven children. the oldest II years
and the youngest 2 months
A set of the navy's latest apparatus
for communicating with the surface
in case of accident went down with
the MI. and upon this slender
thread hangs the slight hope that
some of the complement of 6S men
and officers may be saved. This
signal apparatus, which was only
recently declared by experts to have
been brought to a state of perfec-
ton, has been one of the most jeal-
ously guarded secrets of the royal
navy.
Naval men believe it possible that
the crew of the MI might exist
under water for perhaps 48 hours,
provided the vessel has not become
filled with water, as she was
equipped with all the most modern
compressed air machinery.
The MI has been commanded for
the last year by Lieut.. Comdr Carrie.
The other officers aboard We're Lieut..
G. A. r. Thorp. Lieut.. Thomas w.
Phillpot, Lieut.. Luther r. Casey and
Warrant Engineer C. S. Good.
At the depth of $50 feet divers
found the British submarine L-24
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