THREE BRITISH ARMOURED CRUISERS LOST

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2263, 24 September 1914, Page 5

THREE BRITISH ARMOURED CRUISERS LOST

SUNK BY GERMAN TORPEDOES ATTACKING SUBMARINES SENT TO THE BOTTOM London, September 22, 4.50 p.m. The armoured cruisers Aboukir, Cressy, and Hogue were torpedoed by German submarines .in the North Sea. —"Times" and Sydney "Sun" services. (Rec. September 23, 10.45 p.m.) London, September 22. Router reports that the two German submarines whioh attacked the cruisers Aboukir, Oressy, and Hogue have been destroyed. HOGUE AND ORESSY LOST WHILE RESCUING ABOUKIR'S ■ GREW. The Prime Minister has reoeived the following official messages• London, September 22, 5.5 p.m. The armoured' cruisers Aboukir, Hogue, and Ore6sv have been sunk by submarines in the North Sea. The Aboukir was torpedoed, and, whilst the Hogue and the Cressy were standing by to save the crew, tbey, also, were torpedoed. A considerable number of men were saved by a division of destroyers, trawlers, and boats. A list of the casualties will be issued as soon as the particulars are known. * ! ' . THE SHIPS 'AND THEIR OFFICERS. The Aboukir, Cressy, and Hogue were three sister ships, which, with the Bacchante and Euryalus, also sistor ships, composed the Seventh Cruiser Squadron, and were attached to the Third Fleet. The ships were all of 12,000 tons tllsplacement, and had speeds ranging from 20j to 22£ knots. They carried two 9.2 in. and twelve 6in. guns. The nominal complement of each of the three sliips was 755 men. The Cressy class of cruisers, of which, with the Sutlej, three remain, are the oldest armoured cruisers in the Navy, and were built from 1901 to 1903. The officers on the three lost cruisers were: — Aboukir. —Commander, William F. Sells; Lieutenant-Commanders, James S. Parker and. Joseph D. Ellaby; Engineer Commander, William R. Lawton; Chief Carpenter, George W. Robinson; Gunner, William J. Shrubsall; ArtificerEngineer, Lumley Robinson. s ■ Cressy.—Captain, Ernest S. Care.v; Commander, Bertram W. L. Nicholson ; Lieutenant-Commanders, W. B. W atkins Grubb and Bernard N. Harvey; Lieutenant Jeremiah M'Carthy; Engineer-Commander, Robert H. Grazebrook; Staff-Surgeon, Edward C. Sawd.y; Fleet Paymaster, Henry do C. Ward; Assistant Paymaster, David S. Lambert; Gunner, Albert J. Dougherty; Carpenter, Jamos B. Clark; Artificer-Engineer, Frederick Monks. Hogue.—Commander, Reginald A. Norton- Lieutenant, Richard B. Ward; Engineer-Commander, Walter Stokes; Chief Carpenter, William H. Reed; Gunner, William J. Wallace; Artificer-Engineer, Thomas A. E. Rush. BRITISH AND GERMAN LOSSES. The losses in action of British and German warships and auxiliary cruisers to date compare as under: — Britain. Germany. Armoured cruisers 3 0 Light cruisers 3 ' Destroyers 0 2 Submarines 0 4 Auxiliary cruisers 0 3 6 13 the Pegasus as a total loss. In addition to these losses, the Germans liave the battle-cruiser Goeben and the light cruiser Breslau interned in Turkish wateia. details of the losses are as under

BRITISH 'WARSHIPS LOST. August 6. —Sooufc cruiser Amphion (3360 tons), strikes mine and sinks. September 5. —Third-class cruiser P athfinder (2940 tons), sunk by German submarine. September 20.—Third-class cruiser Pegasus (2135 tons), disabled l at Zanzibar by tie German cruiser Konigsberg. ~ ~ „„ m . , . „ September 22.—British armoured cru isera Aboukir (12,000 tons), uressy (12,000 tons), and Hogue (12,000 tons), sunk by German submarine GERMAN SHIPS LOST. August 5. —Mine-layer Konigin Luise, sunk by Amphion in English ChanAugust 10.—German submarine Vls, 800 tons, sunk by H.M.S. Birmingham. , August 26.—German nierchant cruiser Kaiser Wi\V\e\m der Gtosse, buuK by H.M.S. Highflyer. 1 . . August 28. —Engagement at Heligoland. German cruisers Koln (4280 tons), Mainz (4232 tons), Ariadine (2650 tons), and two destroyers sunk. September 5. —German submarine which sunk H.M.S. Pathfinder sunk by the British. September 14. —German auxiliary cruiser Cape Trafalgar or Berlin sunk by British . auxiliary cruiser Carmania _ , September 15.—German cruiser He la (5000' tons) sunk by British submarine. .. September 22. —Two German submarines which attacked Dressy, AbouKir, and Hogue sunk,