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Show iffBir SUNK BY SUBMARINE 101 Officers, Soldiers and Sailors Perish When Lea-sowe Lea-sowe Castle Goes Down. TjONDON, May 29. The transport ship, Leasowe Castle, has been sunk by an enemy submarine, the British admiralty announced tonight. One hundred and one persons were drowned. The Leasowe Castle, which was of 9i3i tons gross, was sunk in the Mediterranean on May t Among those who lost their lives were thirteen military officers and seventy-nine soldiers of other rank. The Leasowe Castle was built In 191 1 at Birkenhead, and was owned by the Union Castle Mall Steamship company of London. , , The text of the British admiralty statement state-ment reads: The transport Leasowe Castle was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine sub-marine May 26 in the Mediterranean. Thirteen military officers and seventy-nine of othr rank, and of the ships company the captain, two wireless wire-less operators and six of other ratings, rat-ings, are missing. It is presumed all were drowned. ! |