SEA AFFAIRS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2772, 16 May 1916, Page 5

SEA AFFAIRS

CHASED BY THE MOEWE By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrign Hobart, May 15. The captain.of the, Reniucra reports that when iu the vicinity, of Lisbon he , iras chased l>y the Moewe. He sent oul u bogus wireless message giving his posv tion and stating that a suspicious shil was following his vessel. The raider be came alarmed and made off. The R-ennv era had a similar experience off Monti Video, escaping the Kron Prinz Wil helm II by ths same ruse.. NORWAY'S 10SS"fR0M THE PIRACIES OVER TEREK MILLIONS' WORTH TORPEDOED. ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Sorvices. Copenhagen, May 13. A Press message officially states tha eightv-two Norwegian steamships, total ling '116,038 tons, and fifty-three sailinj ships, totalling 71,378 tons, have been dc stroyed. The value, of the'tbrpedoed ship is i;3,334,0f10. THE CUT-AND-RUN RAID GERMAN STORY OP ATTACK ON LOWESTOFT. London, May 11. The "Cologne Gazette"' publishes flamboyant-report of th* German raid o Lowestoft. It says: "Our ships arrive nt 5 o'clock in the morning, and afte bombarding Lowestoft, proceeded to Yai mouth, where many fires were caused. "Enemy ships were sighted at 5.4b, and the German vessels, abandoning the bombardment of the coast, opened fire on the British cruisers. The latter, realising their' inferiority, moved southward. The German shells pursued them and many hits were noted, A serious fire broke out on the cruiser Penelope, which had n funnel smashed. It is believed ' that the Penelope was almost entirely burned out. The Gernwn. vessels also , sank a destroyer." .....

"The British ships., thanks to their greater speed, were soon out of range, but ran into the arms of .German submarines. The Galatea was torpedoed, and also aii English submarine.. Within fifteen, minutes the whole fight was over, and our .ships, "ot desiring to await the approach of stronger enemy divisions, proceeded eastwards."

WRECKAGE IN THE BAY OF BISCAY AN OVERDUE VESSEL'S FATE. London, ilay 13. Wreckage lias been picked up in tho Bay of •■Biscay, belonging to the overduo steamer Whitgift, bound from Almeira to Kewcastle. [The Whitgift is a steel steamer of <397 tons, built in _ 1001 for the Westminster Shipping Co., Ltd.] A SUBMARINE DREADNOUGHT ■London, May' 11'. Captain Norberg, of tlie Swedish barque Lindfield, which ivas torpedoed in March, describes the submarine 07(1 as having au emergency surface speed of 85 knots, and a speed below the surface of 15 knots. She carried two guns, six hundred shells, and ten torpedoes. She was able to be absent from her base for thirty or forty days. When she observed a British destroyer the submarine sank ton fathoms (60ft.) in fifty seconds. The air was very good even after a submersion of five hours. . THE CHINA INCIDENT Washington, May 14 Sir Edward Grey, in expressing regret for the incident, agrees to release the Germans, Austrians, : and Turks, wiio were arrested on board the China, ,but reserves to Britain the decision regarding the question of principle arising out' of America's contention that belligerents are not entitled to forcibly remove persons from a ship flying the American Hag. __________