2 DECEMBER 1916, Page 3

We regret to record the loss of the hospital ship

` Braemar Castle,' which was sunk by -a mine -or torpedo in the Aegean Sea, near the place where the ' Britannic' was sank. She was- bringing wounded' home from Salonika. Only one seaman lost his life. The Admiralty have issued a statement that there is no proof yet whether these ships were mined or torpedoed. The difference in German guilt would not, of course, be very great in either case.