1939-10-28 — Page 2

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Epic Story of Gallantry of British Sailors

WARSHIP WENT DOWN

IN TWENTY MINUTES

H.

M. S. COURAGE-

OUS (22,000 tons), Hand of 13

one of Britain's seven aircraft carriers, sank within 20 minutes of being attacked by a U-boat.

Order to abandon ship was given only five minutes after she was hit.

There was swift revenge. An accompanying destroyer saw the U-boat and she is believed to have been sunk.

A message from Washington Buys the U.S. cargo vessel Collingsworth (5,000 tons) pick- ed up 53 survivors. They were later transferred to other ships. Captain Makelg-Jones, who was in command, is not among the men so far landed. One officer said the Inst he saw of him was when he was standing on the bridge issuing the nbaridon ship order,

TWO EXPLOSIONS

Spades

In a bridge game at the Warwickshire Croquet Club, Leamington, racantly, Mrs. D. staney was dealt the complete suit of spades. She bid a slam and made it without the cards going on the table.

Although the odds against being dealt a complote suit have been estimated at 158,-

000,000 to 1, it has been re- ported twice recently.

the port side could not be used be- cause the vessel heeled over so quickly. Her bows submerged and her stern cocked up into the air be- fore she sank.

Lieutenant H. S. Barber, one of the officers, said in an interview:

"It was perhaps a lucky hit as we were steaming of normal speed and taking the normal precautions,

"I was in the water for an hour and a quarter, and was picked up by a boat from a British merchant ship. "The men were very cheerful in, the And water, singing 'Dalsy, Daisy' other songs. I believe that most of them in my area were safe.""

There were joyful scenes at Ply- mouth last night when survivors were landed, Many women were in tears ns they waited for news. Lists were posted as soon ha possible.

Courageous was sunk at about cight o'clock. There was a moderate

Бед

BUILT IN 1917

One of the survivors among the officers is Commander E. M. C. Abel Smith, who was on Equerry to the King-

He was called from his duties at Buckingham Palace to rejoin the Navy when the reserve was called up. One of his first duties aboard the aircraft carrier was to receive the King aboard Courageous in Weymouth Bay on the occasion of the inspecton of the Reserve Fleet lust August.

Commander Abel Smith was one of those chosen to accompany the tour of King and Queen on their Canada and the United States. Ho is distantly related to the Queen.

Courageous was completed as 5 cruiser in January 1917 at a cost of £2,000,000.

"There were two distinct bangs, and then nothing else was heard from the upper deck. The ship immediately began to list and within four or five provide minutes the order to abandon ship cruiser of 30 knots, was given.

She was laid down in 1915 as part of the "emergency programme" to a powerful high-speed

An eple story of the gallantry at the crew was disclosed when sur- vivors were landed. One man sald:

"I was having my supper when suddenly I heard two violent explo- "I believe there were a few minor Alons which seemed to lift the ship. explosions as she actually foundered All lights went out as the ship within about 20 minutes, I should say, started to list, and crockery, fell after being hit,

the wardroom over. I got out of

the and made my way to

upper finally deck, and

to the seaplane) top of the quarter- platform on deck.

"There were a lot of people wait- ing there. They did not realise that! the shin would sink quite so fast.

realised When this was

they were told to get into the water. A lot went to Carley floats and dropped boats out.

She was converted into an alreraft carrier at Devonport Dockyard be- tween 1024 and 1920, and was again refitted in 1938.

The conversion cost £2,025,800.

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others WHEN a boy cyclist was badly injured in a Leicester street ac- cident recently, a man who picked him up--Mr. A. Howel-- identified him as his son.

Mr. Howel was working in a near- by garage when the lad came into collision with a Corporation bus.

"I just slipped off and jumped into the water. I was swimming for

He went in the ambulance with him about 40 minutes, and swam to a destroyer. Everybody behaved with to hospital, where the boy died soon great calm, and men in the water afterwards.

Mr. Howel went home and broke Bround me were cracking jokes.

"Most people did whatever jobs the news to his wife.

A few minutes later he was told said, "because he was riding a new they had to do before they left the nhip. There was no disorder and no the dead boy was not his son, but bicycle-my boy has just had one- Geoffrey Livermore, aged seven, of and was wearing a wrist-watch like panie."

Another man stated that boats on Dynaston-raul, Leicester.

"I was certain it was my boy," he

my boy hus."

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