Two Australian engineers who arrived at New York, USA said that the British naval base was totally blocked by scuttling at least 20 old ships each of around 10,000 tons. This was a result of the sinking of the Royal Oak last October.(1)
Note
1. This battleship of the Revenge-class, nicknamed The Mighty Oak, was laid down at the Devonport Dockyard on 15 January 1914, launched on 17 November of the same year, commissioned on 1 May 1916 and sunk on 14 October 1939 by the German submarine U 47 taking with 883 men including rear admiral Henry Blagrove.
