Show LIVES LO LOST ST torpedo boat destroyer run down by british cruiser portsmouth england thirty sl sn men including lieutenant middleton the commander of the torpedo boat destroyer tiger lost their lives in mhd collision off on the isle of wight between that vessel and the british cruiser berwick the vessels belong to the portsmouth 1 ii 0 I 1 it division of the british homo home fleet and were engaged in night man beuvers in the channel while on their cheit way to portland tile the night was very dark and the berwick was steaming mind slowly when the destroyer attempt ed to cross the big cruisers bow she was caught amidships and cut in halt half with knifelike per elsion slon sinking al most immediately the deck crew who were dressed in heavy oilskins oil skins and boots went down with the vessel not having time to ta free them themselves selve from those heavy encumbrances 0 oi the twenty two men who wore were res cued most of them were en engineers ginders and stokers smokers sto kers who having light cloth ang on were able to keep themselves afloat until boats from other ships which were immediately launched picked them up |