CAPTURED STEAMERS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2222, 7 August 1914, Page 5

CAPTURED STEAMERS.

LARGE FLEET TAKEN. ' PRIZES IN BRITISH PORTS: RESERVISTS AND'F.OOD SUPPLIES. (Rec. August 6, 8.45. p.m.) " , London, August 5. . Many German vessels have boon seized in British ports, including the Elfrieda at Bristol, the steamer In-anzholm, the barque l'erkis Doder, the steamer Albert Cliiilent at the Tyne; the Dryade atWarrington, the Belgia'at Newport, Wales; and several colliers atl.Blythe. The Belgia' had on board German/ reservists, dlso food supplies worth a /quarter of a million sterling. .-.■..'■ A French gunboat capturtd the collier Pprto in the Channel, aid foweil her to Guornsey. French' destroyers captured two big German sailing vessels in the North Sei, and took them to Dunkirk and Calais. , ■ The Albert is a small steel screw steamer of 202 tons gross register, built in 1903.' . ~ ■■'•'•;'•■■ The. Dryade. is a steel■ screw steamer of 1831 tons gross register built-in 1906. The Porto is a steel screw' steamer of 1812 tons gross register, built in 1901. GERMAN STEAMER CAPTURED. ' OFF, NEWFOUNDLAND COAST. (Rec: August 7, 0.30 c a.m.) . Ottawa, August G. British cvuiseVs on' the coasts 'of America are reported' to Jiave capturod tho German, steamer Willhad,, off the Newfoundland coast. ' _'7 .' [The Willhad is a steel twin-screw steamer of 4761 tons gross Tegister, built in 1894, andowhed by the North German Lloyd tine.]' ■