Duncan-class
An item dated London, England 11th reported that the 14.000 ton battleship Cornwallis (1898) was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean on the 9th. Her commanding officer and all other officers just like the rest of her crew were saved except for 13 men of which their death was feared for.(1)
Note
1. Of the Duncan-class, laid down at the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Leamouth, London, England on 19 July 1899, launched on 17 July 1901, completed in February 1904, commissioned on 7 February 1904 and sunk on 9 January 1917.
