Item 01: J. E. Morrison diary, 13 October 1917-29 October 1918 - Page 68
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one of the British machines was hit. So Walsh another friend of some on the Indarra he having dined on board just 7 days previous. He was forced to land in the Sea of Marmara & taken prisnor himself & the observer. They wrote a letter to Worrall & explained that they were well treated & gave the lists of the survivors of the English submarine E. which was sunk at the Narrows during the bombing of the Goeben. This letter was dropped by a German Airman over Mudros 250 miles from Constantinople & since Walsh wished to know the names of the survivors of the Breslau the other German Cruiser which struck a mine & sunk (for the German authorities). Well Worrall found out the names & wrote a letter to Walsh & dropped same whilst flying over Constantinople.
We all heard today that the submarine that fired the torpedoe at the Kaisar I Hind & us last trip was blown up & distroyed.
The Hydroplane one of the fast type which escorted us off the Coast 100 from Alexandria had engine trouble & was forced to land 30 miles at sea from the nearest point of land & 6 miles astern of the convoy. None of the convoy saw her come down