4 APRIL 1908, Page 3

We deeply regret to record a serious naval disaster during

night manceuvres in the English Channel. The destroyer * Tiger,' when near St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, run. across the bows of the cruiser Berwick,' was cut in halves, and sank at 8.10 p.m. on Thursday night. Twenty-two sur- vivors were brought to Portsmouth, but on Friday afternoon it was announced that thirty-six lives had been lost. The Tiger ' was attached to the Home Fleet at Portsmouth, and acted as tender to the Reda.' No doubt neither ship was showing lights at the time of the collision. Nothing more closely imitates the dangers of war than a night attack in manoeuvres, and yet nothing is a more necessary part of an efficient training.