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A DRIFTING MINE'S VICTIM 



THE SINKING OF THE BRITISH 

 BATTLESHIP "IRRESISTIBLE" 



IT was at tLe beigbt of a terrific bombardment of tLe TurkisL 

 forts by tbe combined French and Britisb fleets in tbe 

 Dardanelles tbat tbe battleship ""Irresistible" was sunk by a 

 drifting mine. On tbe same day, Marcb 18, a similar fate be- 

 fell anotber Britisb figbting sbip, tbe ""Ocean," as well as tbe 

 Frencb battleship *" Bpuvet. * Tbe crews of tbe two Britisb 

 sbips were saved for tbe most part, but tbe ""Bouvet" sank so 

 rapidly tbat almost every man on board was drowned. 



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