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A DESTROYER RAMMED. CUT IN HALF BY SCOUTSHIP. VESSELS COLLIDE DURING ' NIGHT .MANOEUVRES. United Press A ssociut ion—Copyriglit LONDON, April 28. Tho scoutship Attentive ramnied tho destroyer Gala during night i - oouvers olf tho Kentish Knock sand ba Tho Gala, was cut-An halves and sank. Tho engineer, Liout. Uiou o nc, was killed in his berth. Fifteen destroyers accompanied tho Attentive, which sank the Gala abait the engine room. The fore part san'k. The after part with the crew was towed to shallow water, a. destroyer going there and rescuing them. The scout Adventure also damaged the destroyer ltiddle, which returned to Sheeruess.
OFFICER KILLED WHILE asleep, CREW ALL RESCUED. (Received April 29, 11.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 29. Tho Admiralty states that Lieut. Fletcher, not Lieut. Drought, is musing. , , . The Gala and fifteen destroyers attacked the Attentive and the Adventure, which were manoeuvring with masked lights in a very rough sea. Following Ettrick’s successful attack on the Adventure, tho Gala, Ripple, and Tcviot, at a speed of 12 'knots, attacked the Attentive, which, seeing a collision was inevitable, turned on her searchlight. The Attentivo struck the Gala on the port side, cutting her completely in two. Tho forepart soon sank, and the stern part floated away and subsequently sank. All the crew were rescued except Lieut. Fletcher, who was supposed to bo killed while asleep in his cabin. The Attentive, after getting clear of the Gala, struck the Ripple, knocking a large hole in her side and flooding two compartments.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2178, 30 April 1908, Page 3
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