In the meeting of the British War Cabinet on Tuesday 26 June 1917 reported the First Sea Lord (1)that the special service vessel Ready at the rear of a convoy battled with an enemy submarine about 50 miles west of Guernsey. After scoring ten hits sunk the submarine.(2)
Notes
1. Sir John Jellicoe (5 December 1959 Southampton, England-20 November 1935 Kensington, London, England), Admiral of the Fleet, First Sea Lord 30 November 1916-10 January 1918.
2. The John I. Thornycroft&Company M- or Mastiff-class destroyer ordered under the Fifth War Construction Programme in May 1917? Laid down with yard number 828 at Woolston, Southampton, England on 2 September 1915, launched on 26 August 1916, commissioned on 31 October 1916, decommissioned on 13 July 1926 and broken up.
Source
The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB 37-23-3-17
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