ON THE HIGH SEAS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2302, 9 November 1914, Page 6

ON THE HIGH SEAS

HOW THE YORCK WAS SUNK London, November 6. The "Times" states that a British submurino torpedoed the German cruiser Yorck, winch was returning, from tho recent East Coast raid. JAPANESE SINK GERMAN STEAMER. Peking, November 6. A Japanese naval patrol sank a German steamor oft Hawaii, which had previously escaped from Jaluit. KARLSRUHE'S WIRELESS SCOUTS/ London, November G. A passenger who was liberated by the German cruiser Karlsruhe, at large in the West Atlantic, states that that warship has live wireless scouts providing her with news. The CaJiary Islands is the centre, of the German wireless system. HOULDER LINER OVERDUE. London, November G. The Houlder liner La Correntina (8529 tons, built in 1912) has riot been' heard of for a month, and is possibly a victim of the German cruiser Dresden, which was recently on the Atlantic coast of South America. The La Correntina carried two 4.7-inc'li guns. EIGHT GERMAN LINERS ; CAPTURED. London, November 6. According to tho Calcutta "Englishpan,'i tho British cruiser Cumberland [

captured eight steamers of tho Woermann Line and one Hamburg-Amerika liner on the Cameroon River in West Africa.

Tlio details of tho capture referred to are given 'in. tho London newspapers ol October 2, to hand by last week's mail. Tho secretary of the Admiralty had then announced that H.M.S. Cumberland- (Captain Cyril Fuller) had captured tho. following merchant steamers off the Cameroon Kiver:—Max Brock, Kcnata Amsiuck, Paul Woermann, Erna Woermann, Henorett Woermann, Aline Woermann, Hans Woermann, and Jeanette. Woermann, all of the Woermann Line, and the A'rnfield, of the HamburgAmerika Line; total tonnage, 30,915. The .vessels wero in good order, most of them containing general outward and homeward cargoes, and considerable quantities of coal. European crows have been removed as prisoners, the native staffs being retained.

! The gunboat Soden was also captured, and has been commissioned.' It is expected that the floating dock Hartzogin Elisabeth, which had been 'sunk, 'can be raised. The Cumberland is one of the Countyclass of cruisers, and was completed at Glasgow, in 1004. Her armament is composed of fourteen (Knoll, eight Impounder, and three 3-pounder guns and ■ two torpedo tubes. Her best recorded speed is 24.4 knots, which equals that I of the Berwick and leads the class.