14 AUGUST 1926, Page 3

We greatly regret that on Monday the large submarine, 1129,'

sank by her berth in Devonport basin. She had been undergoing refit and had just returned from tilting tests. Most of the crew and dockyard men working upon her were ashore or able to get ashore when she suddenly heeled over and, having her hatches open, filled at once and sank in a minute or two ; but unhappily six men were below and were drowned. Apparently an officer saw that something was fatally wrong and gave warning the moment before she tilted over, but until the Court of Inquiry has reported it is of no use to speculate upon the causes of the disaster.

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