The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-10
ALL EFFORTS FAIL
T0L0CATE SUNKEN
British SUBMARINE
Strong Channel Currents Are
Believed to Have Shifted
Wreck of Craft
GET NO WORD FROM CREW
Vessel Is Declared to Have Been
Crushed Like an Egg Shell
by Larger Boat
GET NO WORD FROM CREW

Pembroke. Wales. July 10. -lR-
The British submarine L-69 today
dived into the vicinity Of the stricken
Hat and tried to communicate with
the q men trapped within her, but
without avail.
The L-69 tried to communicate with
the Hat by sound telegrapi1y, using
q bell with Morse code. but there have
been no answering signals.
Diver Bell, reputed to be the most
experienced In the navy, was taken
from the cruiser Renown and equip
ped with special German diving suit
In which he will try to locate the
missing men.
It was considered doubtful, how
ever. that he would be able to descend
to the 800 feet depth in which the
H-47 lies.
An impressive array Of life-saving
apparatus-the most elaborate the
British navy could muster-was In
position over the spot where the Hat
went down yesterday after collision
with another underseas boat. the
L L-12.
First efforts were to discover the
position Of the sunken vessel which
1t was believed. may have slipped
from its original location in the heavy
weather of last night. A buoy was
moored at the spot where oil bubble,
indicated 1t went down.
Fog Hampers Search
Four mine-sweepers, an anti-sub.
marine flotilla Of five vessels anc
seven destroyers searched the ares
while the lifting lighters made ready
Continuing rough seas and q heavy
low lying mist hampered the salvage
work. As the morning advanced the
wind increased and it appeared more
and more probable that efforts to To-
cate the sunken vessel would be ir
vain.
Navy men said 1t would be impos-
sible for divers to work under the
conditions presented by the wind and
waves. They believed strong current.
running from the Pembroke coast un.
doubtedly would shift the position oi
the ill-fated underseas boat far from
that Indicated by rising oil bubble.
after the disaster.
The admiralty revised its list o.
casualties to "a. Lieutenant Bick.
more, two sub-officers, two telegra.
pliers. Is artificers. seamen ane
stokers, who sank with the Hat, were
listed officially as missing.
Seaman Dies
A sub-officer and signalman o.
the Lila also were listed as missing
One seaman Of the Liz died Of In
juries. Only two men aboard tn,
Hat were saved.
Until there is an official inquiry tn,
public Is not expected to learn tn
details Of the disaster. inasmuch q
in accordance with naval custom. al
concerned were bound to secrecy
There is information that severa
flotillas which had been holding
manoeuvres off the coast Of lrelan.
were returning to base.
! It Is said the shock Of the collision
Of the Hat with the vastly large
Liz was so great that the smalle
boat staggered and went down like
crushed shell Of steel. Lieutenant z
J. Gardner. commanding officer. an
Sidney Cleburne. telegraph operator
both were thrown from the conninI
tower into the water and saved. tn
only men OF the crafts normal GREY
Of q to be rescued.
The disaster has been made the oc
casion foc q fresh appeal for abolition
OF the submarine by Commander 10
Seph Montague Kenworthy, M. P.