SUBMARINE WAR

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2749, 18 April 1916, Page 5

SUBMARINE WAR

STATISTICS FOR NINETEEN MONTHS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, April 16. \ cAdmjral Sir_ Cyprian Bridge t (who was • commanding on the--Australian/.Naval i Station from 1895 to 1898),. in an arti- ■ clo in the "SuiidSy • the commerce raiding operations dur* t ing the nineteen months ending March 23, says that the enemy destroyed less ; than 4 per cent, of our steamers, -and : i slightly over 6 'per cent, .of our ton. Ji'age.v '.The French loss was a little over 4 per cent.'in number of'steamers and 7 per cent, in tonnage ; the Russian, under 4 and 5 per cent'.* liiider the respective headings. On the other hand, new tonnage has more than made up our losses, and the Allies have done likewise. . It is noticeable that the spasmodio activity of the raiders is usually followed by a lull, chiefly due to the Navy S" : vigilance and enterprise, to which we must now look to make tha failure of the present raiding campaign [ 88 complete as that of its predefsessors. A DANISH STEAMER. CAPTURED BY THE HUNS. * Copenhagen, April 16. A German submarine in the Cattegat captured the Danish steamer Kasan (1115 tons), bound from. Liverpool. BRITISH STEAMER SUNK. BY TOO : SUBMARINES'; ■ : ■! _ Barcelona, April 16. Two submarines attacked the steamer Angus (3619 tons), which was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on April 13, ' The remainder of the crew have landed. ANOTHER STEAMER SUNK. (Roe. April' 17, 6 p.m.) .. . ... .. .London, .April 16., The British steamer Fairpo'rt (3838 tons), owned by the .Port S.S. • Company, Ltd., 'which was unarmed." has been : sunk. . : ~. THREE MORE VESSELS LOST. INCLUDING , A GERMAN STEAMER. (Rec. April 17, 11.45 p.m.) m. n ■ • ■ London i. April 17. The. British ship Cardonia has been ' .sunk, and tho..Norwegian .steamer Mus-■nastabb-was mined and-sunk. ' The German' "steamer' Hispania was mined and sunk in the Baltic. The crews .were.saved. . . " ; [There are two German vessels named ■■ Hispania given in Lloyd's Register, . one beinsr of 2266 tons, and the other., 2581. The other two vessels cannot be traced in the Register.]