New Britain herald., 1929-07-10

position or the Sunken vessel which, it was believed, may have slipped from it's original location 1T the heavy weather of last night. buoy was moored at the spot where oil bubbles indicated it went down Divers aboard diving ship were ready to descend and attempt tc fasten tackle to the boat, despite the great depth of 270 feet, as soon as her position was ascertained.
 Four mine-sweepers, an anti-sub- marine fiotilla of five vessels and seven destroyers searched the area while the lifting lighters made ready. All awaited decision whether the navy's new deep wa ter diving apparatus could be used with any prospect of success.
 Pembroke. Wales, July 10 P- Rough weather and high seas in St. Georges channel during the night were believed today to have van quished whatever hopes were held for saving 21 mmbers of the crew of the submarine HAY. The men were entombed within their craft when it sank in 27O feet of water 22 miles from Fishguard after collision yesterday with another submarine, the L-12.
 Divers Out of Question
 Navy men said it would be impos- sible for divers to work under the conditions presented by the wind and waves. They believed strong currents running from off Pembroke coast toward the ocean undoubtedly would shift the position of the ill-fated un- derseas boat far from that indicated by rising oil bubbles after the dis aster.
 This position has been marked by a moored buoy and extensive ar engagements for search for the boat in the locality were made overnight Twenty British naval vessels rushed to the scene. planning to conduct their salvage operations with Pem- broke docks as base. Rear Admiral H. F. Grace. commanding officer of at Portsmouth, was in charge of the work.
 24 Listed Dead
 The admiralty revised it's list of casualties to 24, as follows: Lieu tenant Bickmore, two sub officers, two telegraphers. 16 artificers, sea- men and stokers, who sank with the HAY, were listed officially as miss ing" A sub officer, and a signalman of the L-12 also were listed as miss ing. One seaman of the L-12 died last night of injuries. Only two men aboard the H-27 were saved.
 Tn accordance with naval custom, all concerned were bound to secrecy. There was information that several hotillas which had been holding off the coast of Ireland were returning to base.
 Crash Brushes Craft
 It was said the shock of collision of the HAY with the vastly larger Liz was so great that the smaller boat staggered and went down like a crushed shell of steel. Lieutenant R. J. Gardner. commanding officer, and Sidney Clerburne, telegraph op- orator, both were thrown from the coming tower into the water and saved. the only men of the crafts normal crew of 23 to be rescued.
 London dispatches said that the disaster had been made the occasion for a fresh appeal for abolition of the submarine by Commander Jo- seph Montague Kenworthy, M. P. in an article irf the Daily Sketch, He contended that despite all the les sons of past years, and advance in the science of underwater naviga- ton, the submersible remained highly dangerous vessel to the crew, either in peace or in war
 Time to Abandon Craft
 He said it was time to make an effort to abolish the dangerous craft by international agreement, de- claring that the feeling in favor of abolition was growing among Euro pean nations These, he said, hereto fore have clung to the submarine as a defective weapon, and he called to recent American decla- rations favoring their prohibition.
 The sinking of the HAY repre- sented the worst British submarine disaster since 1925. when the HI sank off Star Point with a loss of 6S lives. It brought the total of lives lost in submarine losses since the war to 221 from a total of r such 
 The Liz was apparently only slightly damaged and proceeded to Haven under her own pow CT. She anchored in the harbor there.
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