SUNK WITH ALL HANDS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2420, 27 March 1915, Page 8

SUNK WITH ALL HANDS

i GERMAN SUBMARINE U29 i ./ ■London, March 25. / * The Admiralty has good reason to be- ; lieve that the-German submarine U29 ; has been sunk with all hands. [The German, submarine U29 belonged : to the latest class in the:enemy's under- ! water, flotilla.. . She, was a '.vessel of ! 900, tons - submerged displacement, with heavy'oir engines of .2000 horse-pbwer ;' and ■ electrio motors of 900 horse-power. -Her surface and submerged speeds were 18 knots and 10 knots respectively, with i a cruising. 'range- of -4000 miles. .Her

1 armament consisted, of .two bow and two } stern torpedo tubes, with eight, Mrge- ; size torpedo tubes, and,'in addition,I two. -impounder quick-firing guns and i;-two bne-pounder high-angle gnns. SKe ■ caried 1 wireless telegraphic apparatus; i and was specially constructed .with long [ superstructures and high, collier-liko ! J>ows. to enable her to keep at sea in ! . almost any weather. : She had two or '• : three penscopes, and: also possessed a i -small look-out cap in the top of a lofty conning-tower to facilitate an "awash" attacking the half-lights-of dawn and j .;dusk, while the periscope-is almost use* .less. Her conning-tower'. and deck j 'Wore armoured, and she had a complex 7 ment.of 30 to 35 'offioers and men: .. 1 : (THROUGH the zgebrugge minefield BATAVIER'S EXPERIENCE: '.. , ' (Reo.- March 26, 5.25 p.m.) ' i > London, March 25. ;A! correspondent to the' New York ; ,"American." who was on board. the | 'Dutch steamer-Batavier when the vessel ! was. captured by. submarine .U36 (cpmi pleted since tho war began); writes t ( : "The submarine commanded the Batai j'vier' to .stop, and a. grinning German ! lieutenant clambered aboard,, ,his re- ;• volver swinging' from his ,belt, and ini formed the captain that : wo were a war !■! prize.;'' T ' ' - j' :"He then signalled..,'the submarine, ;, which .quickly .headed 'south. ■ .The Ba- ' tavie'r followed, Ker- guide steering ,;a : dizzy course'through a thick minefield. : to Zeebrugge.' , r "TwQ...Belgian girls on board ,the Ba- ;. Javier refused to be down-hearted, and i: shoutecf:' "Vive .la ' - .Vive ; l'Anierikue!'' The Germans courteous- ; lv ■ saluted."—("Times"-' and Sydney i ;"Sun" Services.). ■\"

The High Commissioner reports (Lon3on. March 25, 10.50 p.m.) :— . . v "The Admiralty has good" reason :to believei-that the German submarine U29 lias' been, sunk with all hands.!' I DUTCH STEAMER SUNK BY RAIDING . SUBMARINE FLAGRANT CASE OF PIRACY. ; London, March 26, i.lO a.m. . The High. Commissioner reports■ "The Admiralty announces that on Thursday a Dutch steamer, flying , the" Dutch flag, carrying a Datch craw, 'arid with the name Medea, Amsterdam,. printed in large letters on the side, was stopped by the German submarine TJ2B off Beachy Head, and ordered to send a boat 'with the ship's papers.' The. crew was ordered into •' the. boats, -' and' the ship sunk by gun fire. : - "Tho.return of the ship's ipapei'a was Tefused. The crew was brought to Dover by the British destroyer Teviot." [A condensed message, with less detail. ,has been received from the Press [Association.] ' < SUBMARINE 'ACTIVE OFF SCILLY ISLES. . . r ' (Rec. March 26,'7.25 p.m.) '■ ;, " ■ ' London, March 26; . Submarine U29 • has been active off the Scilly Islands. It is believed that;. Commander.-.Weddingen, who sank the .'Aboukir,' Cressy, and Hogue with;the ' ;C9 was lii command. ;