FLOATING CRANE WITH SUBMARINE UNDER TOW CROSSING NORTH SEA, WITH SUBMARINE ESCORT DESTROYER, "BAYERN."




Initials JRG/V/BHH/SGM



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Background: THE WEST GERMAN SUBMARINE "HAI", WHICH SANK WITH 20 SAILORS ON BOARD DURING A STORM IN THE NORTH SEA LAST WEEK, WAS TOWED INTO EMDEN, THE WEST GERMAN PORT TODAY (FRIDAY).

ONLY THE CONNING TOWER SHOWED ABOVE THE WATER AS THE FLOATING CRANE -- MAGNUS 111 -- TOWED THE SUBMARINE ACROSS THE NORTH SEA. THE BODIES OF ELEVEN SEAMEN WERE THOUGHT TO BE STILL INSIDE.

AT THE SUBMARINE TRAINING CENTRE AT NEUSTADT, THE ONE SURVIVOR, PETTY OFFICERS SILBERNAGEL ATTENDED THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR THOSE OF HIS COLLEAGUES WHOSE BODIES HAD ALREADY BEEN FOUND.