ON THE SEAS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16155, 8 March 1918, Page 7

ON THE SEAS.

r. the submarine MENACE. THE WEEK'S DEPREDATIONS. (By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright.) (Australian nnd N.Z. Cable Association.) (Reu tor's Telegrams.) LONDON, March 6. as The British Admiralty report on the rr, submarine campaign during tho week 0 f ended March 2nd gives tho followt ing figures, those. in last week's report being given in parentheses:— re Arrivals ... ... 2015 (2274) -1- Sailings ... ... 2209 (2398) ,'C Sinkings— 1S Over 16G0 tons ... 12 (14) . Under 1600 tons... tj (4) * Unsuccessfully at'.V tacked * ... <5 (9) Fishing boats sunk... — (7) 1S The French return gives the following figures:— Arrivals ... ... SGS (916) 3r Sailings ... ... 718 (901) f- Sinkings— id Under 1600 tons ... 2 (1) ;o Unsuccessfully attacked 4 (4) The following table shows the weekly averages for the past ten months of n British shipping destroyed and attacked - but not actually sunk. The figures in parentheses indicate the number of weeks includod in each monthly period. For tho current month the actuai figures for the week ending on the date indicated are given; — :r Sunk Sunk tTnsuce over 1600 under 1600 cersful tons. tons. attacks. March (4) .. 16.25 7 14.50 e April (5) .. 26.6 10.4 21.30 May (4) ■ 18.75 0.5 20.25 C June (5) .. 20.2 5.8 21.00 S July (4) .. 17 13.75 August (5) .. 17.6 n.2 9.80 September (4) 10.5 7.5 ' 11.00 October (5) .. 32.8 4.4 4.20 November (4) 10.25 6.00 6.00 December (4) 14.28 3.50 10.50 January (5) .. 0.8 3.6 8.6 .Tcbmary (4) .. 12.75 -4.75 8.5 ) COMBATING THE U-BOATS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Reut-er'« Telegrams.) b . LONDON, March 5. , Continuing hij statement in the p House of Commons relative to the shipping outlook, Sir Eric Geddes . (First Lord of the Admiralty) said tho submarines wero operating jo an increasing extent inshore, thus giving increasing opportunities for patrol craft and aircraft to attack them, and enabling a greater amount of salvage to > be carried out. Sir Eric Geddes concluded by paying a warm tribute to the Navy and the mercantile marine, and especially to the destroyers and escorting craft. Tho Navy, indeed, "was the shield of the Allies. Following on Sir Eric Geddes'B statement, Mr Asquith expressod regret that more information was not r given regarding the British losses through submarines, and of the measures taken to make thorn good. It was unlikely that the temper of . tho Allies would be endangered by tho . fullest disclosures. Britain's most essential service to the Allied cause was tho provision of more ships. This ' was the supreme need. The statement regarding the sinking of submarines in Sir Erie • Geddes's speech, caused perplexity in the House of Commons. Sir Eric Geddes subsequently privately oxplainod that what ho intended to convey was that one submarine in every four or five operating in Home waters failed to return to Germany. OUTPUT OF STANDARD SHIPS. (Reutor'a Telegrams.) LONDON, March 5. In the House of Commons, Sir Loo. Chjozza-Monoy (Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Shipping) that 17 standard ships, totalling tons, had been built to the end of February. j ALLAN LINER TORPEDOED. ] (Australian and N.Z; Cable Association.) LONDON, March 6. I he Allan liner Calgarian, of 17,515 tons, was torpedoed off the Irish Coast. There were 600 people aboard. The Calgarian was a comparatively vessel, having been launched in J 1914. Siio was built at Glasgow, and was fittod with four turbine onginos. r FORTY-EIGHT VICTIMS. s (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) * (Beuter's Telegrams.) v LONDON. March G. s The Admiralty reports that the armed mercantile cruiser Calgarian was torpedoed and sunk on March Ist. Two officers and 46 men were lost. CLEARING THE MEDITERRANEAN. I (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) t NEW YORK, March 6. Mr Yamantis, the Japanese Attache to the United States, says that the Allies sank 15 U-boats in tho Mediterranean during February. PACKET STEAMER TORPEDOED. a (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) Vl (Received March 7th. 11.10 p.m.) LONDON, March G. t: The Cork Steamship Company's o packet steamer the Kenmara (1330 C( tons) was submarined. Six out of a crew of 26 have been n saved. s'

I THE IGOTZ MENDI'S MOVEMENTS. SYDNEY. March 7. It has been ascertained that the Spanish steamer Igotz Mendi, which xv , as captured hv the German raider, the Holf, was never in Australian waters. She landed coal at Durban for Colombo. PROTEST TO DENMARK. (Australian and X.Z. Cablo Association.) (Received March 7th, 11.10 p.ni.l AMSTERDAM. March G. The German Press is violently attacking Denmark for interning the German prize crew on the Igotz Mendi. Tho Government has protested that this is an unfriendly net. NORWEGIAN STEAMER'S FATE. (Reutcr's Telegram'.) | LONDON, March G. i rhe_ captain and Jivo of the crew of the Norwegian steamer Havna, have landed in Great Britain. Their vessel was torpodoed without warning, and sank in a minute. Twelve of the crew are missing. The survivors clung to a raft all i i hey saw eight on another raft, all of whom died or wore washed off - Tho survivors found and righted n lifeboat, in which they drifted for fifty hours before beinsr rescued bv an American destroyer. Whilst the men wore in the water the Germans refused help. LOSSES IX IRISH CHANNEL. (United Service.) (Received March 7th, 11.10 p.m.) LONDON. March 7. In the House of Lords, Lord Lytton, replying to Lord Bercsford, stated that the shipping losses in the Irish Channel have been greater in 1918 than for any previous period in the war. Tlie Government, he added, would shortly announce the true position as regards shipbuilding. A REVOLTING HUN OUTRAGE. (Austrnlinn and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received March 7th, 11.<15 p.m.) LONDON, March 7. The Central News Agency has ascertained details of the revolting murder of a .Belgian fishing skipper last week. A German submarine sighted his smack and fired without warning, destroying the masts and sails, and wounding the skipper. The skipper refused to quit tho smack, but told the crew to save their lives. A submarine then approached and ordered the Belgians to put two Germans aboard with bombs. The Germans found tlio skipper wounded and helpJess, and shot him dead with a revolver in the sight of the crow, among whom was tho skipper's son. The Belgians were then cast adrift in a cockleshell boat, but were picked lip after severe privations.