New Britain herald., 1928-10-13
MYSTERY ABOUT
 SINKING 0f SUB
Rrench Ulddsa Glit k
 on Portugal

Paris, Oct. lS R-Ths French submarine Ondine with ~ msa aboard lay irretrievably tost may fathoms deep thirty miles off ths shore of Portugal today while = considerable mystery prevailed as to tho manner of her sinking by ths Greek steamer Aikaterini N. Geat- andris. M
 A statement issued by the ministry of marine represented the captain of the Greek vessel as only having searched for two hours for survivors after he collided with the submarine. A dispatch from the Rotterdam to Le Journal quoted the captain as havins said he searched long and carefully and had reported the dis aster by wireless to all ships in the vicinity.
 Quotes Captain
 Le Journals correspondent quoted the captain q relating that his ship was near the Portuguese coast ct II p. m. Wednesday and all the crAw except the watch asleep. The watch gave no warning but suddenly the occupants of the ship felt an sx- tremely violent shock. All rushed to the side. The captain climbed to the bridge. Both he and the crew then saw clearly ahead of the ship . sun- marine whose nationality they wefS unable to distinguish in the dark. ness.
 Reports By Wireless
 The captain was quoted as saytng he and the crew realized that the steamers stem had struck the stern of the submarine. After . few min. utes the submarine disappeared be- meath the waves. The captain then examined the bow of his vessel to find out the extent of damage she had suffered. He made urgent re- pairs and at the same time searched for the submarine. The submarine did not reappear and tho captain immediately warned all ships in the vicinity by wireless and reported that his ship had been in collision with submarine.
 Searched All Morning
 The master of the Greek ship| said he searched all the morning of| the next day and not until o'clock Thursday afternoon did he resume his course to Holland, being con- vinced that further search was fu- tile.
 The French legation at the Hague was requested to obtain fuller par-| ticulars from the captain. Naval ctr-| cles were anxiously awaiting his re- port in the hope that it might clearI up discrepancies between various accounts of the tragedy and in the| meantime they suspended judgment as to the Greek ships part in the| disaster.
 The French consul at RotteFdam.| who sent the first word of the dis aster to Paris, said that the captain had cruised only two hours over the| spot before continuing his course.
 No Chance SceR
 Naval men said that they saw no chance of salvaging the submarine| nor recovering the bodies since not 
 only was her exact position un-| known but also the operation was| impossible so far out to sea and anI such great depths. .1.
 The cruiser Edgar Quimet, French training ship for mtdship-I men, received orders to leave Brest to proceed to near Vigo on the Por-| tuguese coast and there render last honors for the 43 men aboard.
 Criticism Voiced
 Criticism of submarines of theI Ondine type was voiced by Le Matin' which said that since she was deliv-| cred by the Havre shipyards fre- auent alterations have been neces- sary, notably in interior arrange ments. The paper said that the| Ariane and Diane. two other vessels of the same type. are going to oeI taken out of commission and return ed to the shipyards without having been in navy service.