LOSS OF H.M.S. AMPHION

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2224, 10 August 1914, Page 6

LOSS OF H.M.S. AMPHION

i By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright . (Kec' August 9, 5.5 p.m.) ' . London, August 6. ' The German ateamor Konigen Luise ' apparently laid : .a:' lino of . mines ' pnor to being . Bunk. The line probably extended from Allenburgh 1 towards Felixstowe. ■< The condition ' of all the wounded men rescued when the • steamer sank is. hopeless.- They are re- ' oeiving the.best attention. : ..■ Tho captain of the Konigin, who is a • prisoner and unhurt, expressed astonish- • ment at the accuracy of the British gunnery/ : The Amphion was reconnoitring . after i the sinking of .the Konigen Luise,, and T struck a mine. The fore-part of the vessel , was shuttered/ Paymaster Gedge and a ' hundred men were killed by the explosion. '. Twenty German prisoners confined in the I fore-part of the ship were all killed. One hundred and twenty-five of the cruiser's officers and crew were taken off by de- [ stroyers from the bow before the Amphion J sank. . , f H.M.S. Amphion cost '.£277,781. Accord- . ing to "The Navy List," published during April, 1911, her officers were:—Captain l Thomas D. Pratt, Lieutenants John 0. ; Tovey (G.), J. W. Clayton (N;), E. S. F. ' Fegen.Chas. K. Adam and Acting-Lieut i Kingsley G. Howo, R.N.R.; Engineer-Com-i mander Chas.G. Ware;. Engineer-Lieu tenant Howard Wormell; Staff-Surgeon H.'B. ' H. Denny j Staff-Paymaster J. T. Gedgo; Sub-Lieutenant J. K. Laughton; Gunners : R H. Quick (T.), and J. N. 0. Gould; I Carpenter H.'B. Lillicrap; Artificer Engineers L. W. Lindsay and J. P. Griffiths; Clerk, B. H. Kitchin.,, The Amphion carried a.crow of S2O. '• ' ' The Konigen Luise was not tho big t trans-Atlantic liner of that name, but a ' cross-Channel passenger steamer' of 1800 tons displacement and a length of 275 feet, ) belonging to the Hamburg-America Line, ) built at the end of last year, and reprer senting the very latest of her class. Fitted [ with Parsons turbine engines of 6000 h;p., : , capable of 1800 revolutions per minute, . the vessel developed a mean' speed of 20 '. knots with a draught when fully loaded of only 9 feet 9 inches, thus enabling her to easily navigate the shallow waterways of the North .Sea. London, August 7." It is now stated that 120 wore drowned by the-loss of the scout cruiser Amphion. . SIR E. SHA'CKLETON'S OFFER i EXPEDITION NOT TO BE CALLED > UPON. 1 (Bee. August 9, 5.5.p.m.) , London, August 6. r When the Naval Reserve was mobilised, Sir E. Shacklcton offered the services of the whole of the expedition and placed the ■ stores and provisions on the Endurance at tho Empire's disposal. The Admiralty 1 later expressed appreciation, of the offer, | but stated it was unnecessary to,call upon [ the expedition. RUMOURS OF GERMAN CRUISERS. , New York, August 7. Repoits here are conflicting as to tho . presence of Germsn cruisers oft the Grand Banks, Newfoundland. Customer (irascibly): 'Tour hair-restor- ■ er has made my hair come out more than ever." Barber: "Ah, you must have : put too much on, eir! Made the hair I come right out instead of only half>^waii"-