TUG V. SUBMARINE
PLUCKY ATTACK ON PIRATE RAIDER
(Rec. May 13, 5.20 p.m.)
London, May 12. The Admiralty announces' that the tug .Homer, while towing tie Frenoh barque General Desonis up tie Channel on Saturday, _ a German submarine off the Isle of Wight approached, hailed her, and flag-signalled her to surrender,
. Captain Gibson did ".hot' heed the signal, but, waiting ;tlie opportunity, slipped the tow-rope and steered straight for the submarino, under a shower, of bullets from : the enemy's machine-gun.
Tho Homer missed the submarine's' stern 'by three feet, and i then steered towards the Offers lightship." The submarine, pursuing her', fired a torpedo which passed close to, her. The sub-, marine save up the chase after half an hour, and disappeared.
The Homer steamed _ into Benbride, with thirty bullet-holes in her hull. The barque arrived at Dungeness under sail. -.. • ••
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2461, 14 May 1915, Page 5
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140TUG V. SUBMARINE Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2461, 14 May 1915, Page 5
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