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Show 579 Lives Lost in Raid on English Warship CHECK SH0YS 681 SURVIVORS INSUB ATTACK British Fliers Destroy Many U-Boats, Says Government LONDON, Sept. 19 (UP) The German U-boat which torpedoed tor-pedoed the 22,500-ton British aircraft carrier Courageous Sunday night took a toll of 579 dead or missing, figures released re-leased by the ministry of information infor-mation showed today. The ministry said that of a total complement of 160 0 officers and 1170 ratings known survivors now total 681, of whom 70 are ol-ficers ol-ficers and 611 ratings. A careful check of the lists ot survivors and missing was being made by the admiralty. Meanwhile, the war on the seas continued. British royal air force squadrons, operating trom a special coastal command, have attacked many German submarines and have sunx tome of them, it was asserted officially of-ficially today. As additional survivors of the Courageous were awaited In port today, the ministry of Information made it known that in addition to warships and their aircraft operating operat-ing against submarines, the coastal command planes were engaged on a merciless hunt for the undersea raiders. Further, the Daily Herald reported re-ported that the Courageous had itself, with its destroyer escort, sunk several submarines'. "' The French high command, in its official war communique last night, said: "Our naval forces successfully suc-cessfully attacked an enemy submarine." sub-marine." Details were Issued of the sinking sink-ing of one German submarine by a young South African member ot the royal air force coastal patrol. It was disclosed also that British Brit-ish submarine-hunting airplanes had met German planes in two encounters and had emerged without with-out casualties. Claims Sub Sunk One survivor whose name was withheld was permitted to talk. He told the United Press that he definitely saw British destroyers engage and sink the submarine which sank the 120,000,000 Courageous. Coura-geous. About 30 of the first survivors ashore were held at a naval hospital hos-pital for treatment. All others were at once granted 14 days' leave, issued complete new kits and allowed to go home. Some had arrived ashore half clad or with their uniforms torn almost to shreds. One officer wore only a dressing gown. One of the first known survivors was Commander E. M. C Abel Smith, who accompanied King George as an equerry on his visit to Canada and the United States. He was called up as a reservist. The first list did not include Captain W. T. Mackie-Jones. commanding com-manding the Courageous. He was last seen on the bridge, issuing orders or-ders to abandon ship. It was 8 p. m. Sunday when the ship was sunk. It was a dark, fine night off the southwest coast of Ireland, with a smooth sea. The ship was proceeding at normal speed. Most of the officers and men were on deck. There were two shattering ex- Contrnn4 on Pare Two) I Column Eight) "WARSHIP TOLL F1XEDAT 579 (Oaatlau. Froa ram On plosions, survivors said. The ship,-struck ship,-struck on Its left side, listed quickly quick-ly to port. Within four or five minutes she was In sinking condl- . tlon. The submarine was seen from her deck, lights shining oa its periscope. The port side lifeboats could not be launched. The few It was possible pos-sible to launch from the starboard (right) side, rising high out of the water, were Inadequate for the men aboard. Everything movable that would float was thrown overboard. Most of the crew Jumped overboard as the order to abandon ship was given. Those men who could swim did so and left the others to grab rafts and bits of wood. Lieutenant H. S. Barber, flying fly-ing officer, said: "Many of us were swimming-about swimming-about for an hour. The men were . very cheerful. They sang songs and Joked." An American freighter, the Collingsworth: Col-lingsworth: a British ship, a Netherlands Neth-erlands liner and destroyers reached the scene and picked up |