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that the three shells strike simultaneously the one spot giving a big shell result. Only the guns and engine room are armoured, so the ship is much lighter and so can steam 40 knots?. Water –tight compartments protect the ship from submarines – as they are filled with compressed air. The theory is that in the event of their being perforated by a torpedo the rush of the escaping air would nullify the main effect of the explosive. I thought his description very interesting and in the main true. I know one has to be careful of believing sailor's yarns but I thought what I have written and much more that he told me was beyond his powers of imagination so worth repeating – though not in railway carriages.
I expect to be sent to France soon and hope to see my brother who is I am glad to say safe and unhurt so far. I must close by telling you how sorry I was to hear of Captain Ferguson's death. I only met him once at Queen St. during the early days of the war when we talked of the Suez Canal and all that might happen there – I saw him again a year later at the Suez and caught glimpses of him in France. I always thought of him as an