Item 01: J. E. Morrison diary, 13 October 1917-29 October 1918 - Page 110
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Taranto Italy
June 25
Noon. Left inner harbor & dropped [anchor] at the outer harbor awaiting orders for departure. All transports at anchor with 8 Jap. distroyers.
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Two Italian dreadnoughts out at outer harbor at 14 inch gun practice also Italian distroyers & submarines. Their shooting fairly good at 3 mile range.
1 pm Hove up anchor & proceeded out of harbor escorted by 8 Jap destroyers & 3 Italian small torpedoe boats which piloted us out 2 miles from the entrance with some trawlers. Near the barrage mine field the Italian had a large & powerful portable crane & on passing at the entrance we saw within 50 feet a fair size submarine hove up & slung by wires. The N.5. Conning tower above water & decks awash fore & aft with a 4 inch gun mounted in the fore part. The crane & sub. were towed into a shallow part of the harbor. She was a Austrian sub sunk by trying to pass under the mine field & all on board drowned.