KARLSRUHE REPORTED SUNK

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2358, 14 January 1915, Page 5

KARLSRUHE REPORTED SUNK

NEWS UNCONFIRMED

SEA FIGHT SEEN FROM GRENADA

Montreal, .January 12. Private advices, which have not Been confirmed, state that the German cruiser Karlsriihe ivas siink in a fight with the British off Grenada. Island. .

. A lifebuoy marked was found on the shore; also much wrecks age. Residents of Grenada . Island report witnessing a battle at a great distance seacards.

The Karlsruhe was a light cruiser of the very latest type, with a maximum speed of 28 knots. She was completed in 1913, displaced .4821) tons, and was armed with twelve 4.1-inch guns. This vessel has accounted for a large number of British merchantmen in the Atlantic. Grenada is a volcanic island, one of the most southerly of the British West Indies, 100 miles north of Trinidad. CRUISER BREMEN CRIPPLED LIMPS INTO WILHELMSHAFEN. Petrograd, January 12. The German light cruiser, Bremen arrived at Wilhelinshafen (the chief naval port i\f Germany), , badly damaged by a mine. The Bremen is a vessel of 3200 tons and 22 knots speed, armed with ten 4.1inch guns, ana unarmoured. She is a sister ship of the Leipzig,, whjch was sunk in the Falkland Islands Rattle. EXIT THE DESTROYER USURPED BY THE SUBMARINE. London, January 12. The naval correspondent of' "The Times" says:—"The expected has happened; the submarine., nas taken the place of the destroyer as the torpedoer. The loss of the Formidable proves that in addition to working by stealth in daylight the submarine can boldly sally forth on the siirface of the water at night, protected by her comparative invisibility, and search for a target. At present the submarines appear to work singly, later they may hunt in packs."— "Times" and Sydney "Sim" Services. NAVAL CO-OPERATION FOR AUSTRALIA AND NEW , ZEALAND. Syflney, January 13. The "Sydney Morning Herald' in a leader disoyssing Mr. Andrew Fisher's interview in New Zealand regarding Imperial defence, says: "The war has proved conclusively that in naval affairs any want of co-operation between Australia and New Zealand must bo disastrous to both; to Australia because it diminishes the number of shipß with which she can co-operate in trading and manoeuvres, and deprives her of valuable assistance. It is unsuitable to New Zealand because in-war time it leaves her coasts dependent on the assistance of neighbours." !