Sinkings, Corfu (Compensation)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Navy – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 29 January 1947.

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Photo of Mr Hubert Medland Mr Hubert Medland , Plymouth Drake 12:00, 29 January 1947

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what compensation it is proposed to pay to the widows and orphans of the officers and men lost as a result of the sinking of H.M.S. "Saumarez" and H.M.S. "Volage" off Corfu; and whether the amounts will be augmented to widows with no families, in view of the circumstances of the sinkings.