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BIG 0P. AFTER ARTEMIS SINKS AT GOSPORT
Sub. trio
Back on top again the Artemis, raised from her seabed sojoum. is surfaced.
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calm Jul) evening. H..'\l. submarine .-\rIcinis at 24. one of the Ro_\al .\'a\_\'s oldest \\;irships in commission sank in about 30 feet of \\;itet' at her tttoorittgs alongside the jett_\ at H.M.S. ()n
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Down with her. to spend the ne\I ten hours in a torpedo stovvage compartment forxvard urttil esctipittg to safety. went tltice titllltgs. .-\|though they could have been got out at an_v lime. atllctttpts were made during the night to lift the l. I20-ton vessel from the clinging rnitd of the harbour. the dramatic scene watched by man_\ submariners and new srnen under the glare of lights. I‘itt:tll_\. the decision “as made to use the escape hatch and one by oitc the trapped men came to the surface soon after five ifelock in the morning. I hex xv ere .\ll€.\ll Donald Beckett I2-It. of Southsea; ('l‘() ()l’.‘\ I);t\ id Guest (No. of Peinbroke Dock: and l..\ll~‘..\l Robert (‘ro\on (23). of lrripington. (‘ambrii.lge— -«hire. who had scrambled into their refuge and slantmed the bulkheatl door behind them as the .~\rtcmis quickl_\ slid untlcr. After their escape the men were taken to nearby llaslar Hospital. shocked btit anhur1 apart from orte e_ve injurv and a few hours later two of the trio were modestly :itls\\er ing a barrage of questions from newsmen. During the night salvage experts had worked round the Artemis lying at an angle with several feet of her .
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.and a moment of drama as H.M. submarine Artemis sinks alongside thejetty at H. M.S. Dolphin with H.M. submarine Ocelot berthedon the outside. .
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fin sticking otrt of the water with the aim that she could he \\ll'lCI'It.‘Lltip by salvage vessel. Berthed alongside was H..\l. submarine Ocelot. which kept in touch with the trapped men b_v radio telephone. The Ocelot rernained in position and. with a tttg backing her tip. prevented the list of the sunken subntzirirte from increasing. In the .-\rtemis on Jul) I \\.l1t.'lIshe started to sink “as it duty match of about l-l. As water poured in arid she began to sink stern first. (‘PO Guest ran down to order out three Sea Cadets who were looking round the boat. He and colleagues also warned the others and closed hatches and watertight doors. Later. as the three tmpped men waited for rescue irt their forward compartment. with only an emergency lamp and four hand torches to provide light. the air grew stale and thick. After his escape CPO Guest said. "It vars tough getting up through the hatch as the water rushed down. I got out last. It vvasjust great to see the sunshine again.': On her last commission and scheduled for scrapping in a year. the Artemis had been due to sail in late July for service in the West Indies. ()n the da_v of her sinking she had returned to Haslar (‘reek after work on her in Portsmouth Doclwitrd. Attempts made to raise the Artemis on July 5 were postponed until ne\t da_v vthen. pumped with pressttrised air and held by lifting cables. she iinal|_v came to the surface iii a rnass of foam. —
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Double dramafor
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Flaming Julie ended in a blaze of drama for the coastal survey ships H.M.S. Bulldog and H.M.S. lie-agle. currently working among the tin_\ Seychelle Islands. ()n .ltine 30 the Beagle received an 5.03. call from the King Fu. :i ('hinese fishing.vessel which had run aground on a coral reef near
Alphonse Island. 240 miles
siIttlh~\\'e\t of Nlahe. After ti rough. ll-I-hour trip. the H_vdrographer‘s canine duo arrived to find that the naturalist cruise ship. .\lV Linbald Explorer had taken off 22 crew members. one with a fractured skull. The two survey ships returned the men to Victoria where another emergency call was received. from the Chung Yu. which was in trouble on the same reef. Arriving back at Alphonse Island at first light on July -'1. the ships‘ companies set about the task of rescuing the crew. after big seas forced the abandonment of salvage attempts.
During the difficult operation. the Beagle's first lieutenant tl.ieut. C. S. Ciobey J and the coxsuain of the Bulldog's Gemini dinghy (LS J. F. Burton) showed considerable skill and bravery.
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