DEALING WITH U-BOATS

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 16037, 20 October 1917, Page 4

DEALING WITH U-BOATS

METHODS OP THE NAVY

LONDON, September 30.

Details published to-day indicate Gome of the methods in use for dealing with enemy submarines.

A torpedo boat sighted a periscope 600 yards away. The captain swung his' ship round, and when the submarine "was only 50 yards distant the periscope disappeared. Tho torpedo Doat passed over the spot, and tho impact of a collision was felt. Two cxulosivo charges wore dropped, and patches of oil on the surfaco indicated the ro3ult. . , a In another instance a torpedo boat observed the submarining of a steamer. The survivors were rescued, and tho submarine was located by a wiiite patch of water ahead. The torpedo boat steered straight for tho spot, and it& keel grazed the submarine. Three, oxplosive charges dropped at the spot rosulted in oil and air bubbles on the surface, and a strong smell of petroleum. In both of these cases minesweepers found heavy obstructions on the bottom. In a third case a British submarine sighted an enemy submarine, and immediately dived. By means of the periscope the enemy was picked up, and a tomedo was launched at a rango of 800 yards. A violent explosion was heard, and the British boat, coming to the surface, was able to pick im somo of the sorvivors of the enemy submarine, who stated that the torpedo strnck just before tho conning tower, and tho submarine' rolled oTcr and sank.