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3.15 P.M. EDITION
OF BRITISH SUBMARINE. VESSEL STILL SILENT. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received January 27, 1.20 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 26. The submarine M2 dived at 10.30 a.m. (not 1030 feet): The vessel was exercising alone five' miles west of Portland and dived in about eighteen fathoms. A Portsmouth headquarters official stated that, the last .message was received at 10.11 a.m. saying that she was about to commence exercises. “We are anxiously awaiting news,” he added.
The M2 could remain submerged in an emergency for forty-eight hours. She is equipped with the latest lifesaving devices and when fully manned carries six officers and a crew of forty-eight, but she may not have had a full complement. “There is no need to abandon hope,” said Mr R. H. Davis, the inventor of the escape apparatus which was used in the Poseidon disaster last year. "The M2 might remain even longer than forty-eight, hours, then rise to the surface. The officers won’t abandon the ship until all hope of raising her has passed, then means; of escape would be available to everv man aboard, also enabling them to float for a considerable period.” The M2 belongs to the Fifth Submarine Flotilla. Her chief officers are Lieutenant-Commander J. D. M. Loathes, Lieutenants C. R. Townsend, H. C. Toppin, S. Macdonald and H. C. W. Head and Warrant-Engineer E. P. Birkett.
A sister ship, the Ml, was lost off Start Point on November 12, 1925, with a loss of sixty-eight lives.. Submarines of this class are stated to be very handy both in dive and general control. The M2 was extensively refitted at Portsmouth late in 1931 and had latterly been used 1 for trials in the carriage of a small aeroplane.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 48, 27 January 1932, Page 8
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300ANXIETY FOR NEWS Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 48, 27 January 1932, Page 8
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