"TIN FISH" IN THE NORTH SEA
! BRITISH SEAMAN'S STORY (Rec. January 18, G p.m.) London, January 18. A seaman on board a destroyer writes: "Our job is patrolling tbe const. Ono dark night, when tho water was a bit choppy, none wore allowed to turn into their hammocks.' In the middle watch the look-out sighted a red light, then a second and third. Wo steamed close to tho first light, and our searchlight revealed a submarine, which immediately dived, others disappearing simultaneously. "The submarines had mistaken us for their own supply ship. Wo cruised about, hoping to ram one, and every minute expecting a 'tin fish' against the sido. Fortunately they failed to torpedo us, and wr.rti iigL again, aeon.""-''Times'' .ft»d -'Sum"- £°;~sefi.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2362, 19 January 1915, Page 5
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123"TIN FISH" IN THE NORTH SEA Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2362, 19 January 1915, Page 5
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