Show SUB ARINE SINKS 2 DEAD 20 MISSING s n yr Five rive Officers 26 Men Rescued When British Craft Goes to Bottom a Submersible Collides With Merchant Vessel Off Coast of China SHIPS HIPS RUSH TO RESCUE Poseidon One of Largest in 1 English Fleet LONDON June 9 JP Ibe The admiralty ally alty Ily announced toda today that the BritIsh Brith Brit Brit- Ish h submarine Poseidon one or of the largest argest In the fleet had been sunk In n a collision near on the north orth shore of or the Shantung peninsula peron- peron sula ula In China The submarine collided with a merchant vessel 21 miles north of or early this afternoon VESSELS AT SCENE E 1 The admiralty announcement said saidI I vessels which had gone to the scene of f the collision included the Berwick Ber- Ber wick Cumberland and Hermes The Poseidon was launched at Barrow England on June 21 1929 She was feet long with a 28 foot oot beam Her armament consisted consist- consist ed cd d of one Inch four-Inch gun and eight 21 Inch torpedo tubes tubErs six forward and two wo aft Her sister ships are the Pandora Jandora the Perseus and the Proteus Pro- Pro teus eus all aU built at about the same time ime The accident is the second cond of Its kind Ind within the past month A Russian submarine sank In the Gulf GuIt of Finland during fleet maneu maneu- vers vcrs The soviet government has been reluctant to discuss that accident accident acci acci- dent but other vessels of the fleet have been dragging the gulf for torr th the hull ever since the ship was lost OT OTHER ER CRASHES RECALLED In 1924 the British submarine L 24 was sent ent to the bottom when the battleship Resolution rammed her heroff heroff heroff off Portland England three Forty men were lost Two years ears before that the 5 K was sunk and in 1925 the M-l M went vent down off Portland with 68 officers and men The most recent serious submarine accident In the British navy was the loss oss of the H 47 with 21 men In St. St Georges George's channel off the Pembroke coast In Wales She collided with the lar larger er submersible submersible submersible sub sub- L 12 in July 1929 1920 arid and sank so quickly that only two of her men escaped The L 12 made nade port under her own power and was only slightly damaged The H 47 bad had a reputation as as' a n ahard ahard hard luck buck ship hip for the collision which sent her to tho bottom was washer washer her second In 1926 she rammed the 22 L in n the English channel but no lives li lost were 1 |