UNDERWATER PIRATES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2403, 8 March 1915, Page 5

UNDERWATER PIRATES

FOUR GERMAN SUBMARINES SUNK London, March 5. The Admiralty's examination confirms the probability that tlio Thordis sunk a German submarine. [The Admiralty dry-docked the Thordis in order to prove whether she was entitled to tlie £1160 offered for tlie sinking of a German submarine. The captain and crew of the Thordis were emphatic that they saw a submarine in broad daylight two ship's lengths away. The Thordis was almost stationary in a rough sea. Tho torpedo narrowly missed her. Tlie captain, expecting another, determined to try to ram tho submarine. The wind aud sea fortir.iatelv drove the Thordis upon the submarine. Tho rending of tho plates was heard.] London, March o. Tho Press Bureau reports^that dctro.ycrs sank the German submarmo ÜB, and took prisoner the officers and crow. [Submarine US belonged to the second group of German under-water craft, wrs of 250 tons displacement, with jsurJaca and subauirged spsstw of 12 and,

8 knots respectively. She had three torpedo tubes and fourteen officers and men were carried.] The High Commissioner's message to the Prime Minister confirms the above. London, March 5. The steamer Alston, claims to have sunk a submarine in the Channel on February 27. An inquiry has opened. [The Alston is a steel vessel of 3955 tons gross,] (Rec. March 7, 3.10 p.m.) London, March 6. . Official: "X. French warship shelled and thrice hit a submarine in the Channel. The submarine then disappeared. SUBMARINE CREWS. A SIGNIFICANT EXCUSE. (Rec. March 7, 10.30 p.m.) Copenhagen, .March 7. German admirals state that the strain on submarine crews is so .great that some weeks must elapse before fresh attempts are made.