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Description
Risking his life, Mr. Sutherland secures a mine which is adrift in the Scapa Flow close to some battleships. Because of this action he was mentioned in a dispatch.
Transcription
It was alright to start with. There would be weeks on end when I had, when I had nothing to do and, and in times like that I would be corralled by the admiral's flag lieutenant to help do jobs in the office with him. But then a gale would blow and all hell would break loose. There'd be reports of mines all over and you would work like mad for a few days and I, I, I guess, I guess, well this, this is where I got my mention and dispatches. What happened was, that a mine got in, into Scapa Flow and into the fleet anchorage and a, a floating mine, according to the Geneva Convention, it's supposed to be disarmed, to disarm itself by a safety lever on the bottom. But of course barnacles and marine growth are apt to get in there and, and prevent this safety lever from functioning properly. So one always had to assume that every, every floating mine was a dangerous mine.