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Show BRITISH BATTLESHIP SUNK. Big Sea Fighter Goes to Bottom, But Crew is Saved. London. The British battleship King Edward VII has been sunk after striking a mine. The entire crew was saved. The sinking of the King Edward VII was announced by the admiralty in the following statement: "H. M. S. King Edward VII has struck a mine. Owing to the heavy sea, she had to be abandoned, and sank shortly afterward. The ship's company was taken off without any loss of life. Only two men were injured." in-jured." The King Edward was a battleship of 16,350 tons, laid down in March, 1902. |