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Show BRITISH CRUISER SUNK; 38 KILLED BY EXPLOSION London, July 30. Tho British cruiser Ariadne of 11,000 tons has been torpedoed and sunk, according to an official statement Issued today by tho British admiralty. Thirty-eight members of the Ariadne's Ari-adne's crew were killed by tho explosion. ex-plosion. All tho other sailors wero saved. Tho Ariadne was an old British cruiser, built In 1898. She wa3 450 feet long, 69 feet beam nnd bad a. maximum draft of 27 1-2 feet. Her complement consisted of G77 officers nnd men. The Arladno enrried sixteen six-Inch six-Inch guns, twolvo twelve-pound nnd n number of small guns She also was equipped with two submerged clghteen-lnch torpedo tubes. |