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The Crisis of the Naval War

CHAPTER III
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The submarine was hit three or four times before she turned over on her side and disappeared.

There was every reason to believe that she had sunk, although no one was on deck when she disappeared.

No survivors were rescued.
The feature of this action was again the restraint shown by the commanding officer of the _Glen_ and the excellent discipline of the crew.
On August 8, 1917, the decoy ship H.M.S._Dunraven_, in Lat.

48.0 N., Long.

7.37 W., armed with one 4-inch and four 12-pounder guns and two torpedo tubes, commanded by Captain Gordon Campbell, V.C., R.N., sighted a submarine on the surface some distance off.


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