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Show BRITISH CRUISER MARKKA SUNK LONDON, July 26 The British armed cruiser Marmora was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine Tuesday, Tues-day, according to an announcement made by the British admiralty tonight. Ten members of the crew of the vessel ves-sel are -missing, and it is presumed they were killed. The admiralty also announced that a British torpedo boat destroyer ran ashore Wednesday and later sank. Thirteen of her crew are missing, and it is presumed they were drowned. Naval records contain no cruiser named Marmora and it Is. possible the vessel sunk was tho Peninsular & Oriental Or-iental company steamer Marmora, of 10,509 tons gross. She was built at Belfast in 1903, was 530 feet long and had a beam of sixty feet. |