THE U-BOAT WAR
Bastardly attack on hospital SHIP GLENART CASTLE SUNK NO PATIENTS ON BOARD London, February 27. The Admiralty reports that the hospital ship Glennrt .Castle, outward bound, with a!) lights, burning, was sunk in the Bristol Channel at four o'clock yesterday morning. There were no patients on board. An American destroyer landed some of the survivors. Right boats are still aclrift.-Aus.-N.Z. Gable Assn.-JReuter. : THE -DEATH ROLL. London, February 27. _ The death roll in connection with the sinking of the Glenart Castle is believed to exceed two hundred.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
[The Glenart Castle was a steel twinscrow steamer of 6824 tons, built by Harland and Wolff in 1900, and owned by tho Union-Castlo Line, of London.] (Bee. February 28, 7 p.m.) London, February 27.' The Glenart Castle had two hundred on board, including seven nurses. Most of them were asleap when, the ship was torpedoed. The vessel sank in seven minutes. The boats were launched with difficulty. One , boat, with twenty-live survivors, drifted for seven hours before being picked xip. The fate of the captain and the nurses is not known., Many rushed to the boats only to find that they were a shapeless mass of timber. 'So far , only two boats have been saved. One hundred 'and sixty-four persons are missing.— Reuter.
lEYLAND LINER SUNK. New York, February 27. It is announced that the Leyland Lino cargo steamer Philadelphia has been torpedoed and sunk.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ANOTHER SPANISH STEAMER > TORPEDOED. . Madrid, February 27. The Spanish steamer Ncguri has been loijpeiloeci. The. members of -flic crew \vere,Jand«l.—Keuter. BRITISH OUTPUTJERY DISAPPOINTING OWING TO LABOUR, TROUBLES. (Hoc. February 28, 10.10 p.m.) I London, Febraary 27. In the House of Commons Mr. Bonar Law stated that tho output of ships .during January and February waa very disappointing, largely owing to labour troubles. The Government was informing the shipyard workers of the seriousness of tho position with the object of convincing them that their work was as vital as fighting. When they realised that, thoro would be no complaints that shipbuilding was decreasing because tho men were not working their hardest.—Router. . U-BOAT SINKINGS . i (To the Editor.) Sir,—The enclosed table of weekly sinkings, compiled fiom the Admiralty j figures published in your issue of Fri- , day last, seems to support the belief I that the submarine menace is being surely, if slowly, dealt with: , Tho highest average was reached in the week ending May 9, 1917, and since that date every weekly period except three has showii a small reduction in the average sinkings per week. The conj sistent downward tendency of the I figures is remarkable, and is so gradual j that one can see plainly that the slightj osfc relaxation of effort would have luearit disaster. I
If this reduction has been effected while the submarines put out of action wope being replaced, and more than replaced, even more favourable results may bo looked for in view of the fact that Sir Eric Geddes has now stated that the rate of destruction of submarines exceeds the rate of construction.— 1 am, etc., . W.S.P. Levin, February 4.
"Weekly Ships Slink. Average. Period Over Under. Over Avera No. Ending 1000. 1600. Total. 1600 Tons. Total. 1 28/ 2/17 15 - 6 "" 21 15 21 2 7/ 3/17 14 9 23 14.5 . 22 3 15/ 3/17 13 4 17 14 20.3 4 221 3/17 16 8 24 14.5 21.25 5 29/ 3/17 18 7 25 15.2 22 6 ■ 41 4/17 18 13 31 15.6 23.5 7 11/ 4/17 17 2 19 15.85 22.85 8 18/ 4/17 19 9 28 16.25 • 23.5 9 25/ 4/17 40 15 55 18.88 27 10 2/ 5/17 38 13 51 20.8 29.4 11 9/ 5/17 -24 22 46 21.09 30.9 12 16/ 5/17 '18 5 23 20.83 30.25 13 23/ 5/17 .18 9 27 20.6 30 14 30/ 5/17 '13 1 19 20.42 29.2 15 6/ 6/17 15 3 18 20.06 28.46 16 :. 13/ 6/17 22 10 32 20.18 28.7 17 20/ 6/17 27 5 32 20.59 28.88 18 271 6/17 21 7 28 20.61 28.83 19 4/ 7/17 15 5 20 20.31 28.37 20 11/ 7/17 14 3 17 20 27.8 21 18/ 7/17 14 4 18 " 19.71 27.33 22 251 7/17 21 3 24 19.77 27.18 23 2/ 8/17 18 3 21 19.7 26.91 ' 24 9/ 8/17 21 2 23 19.75 26.75 25 16/ 8/17 14 ' 2 16 19.52 26.32 26 23/ 8/17 15 3 18 19.34 26 27 30/ 8/17 18 5 23 • 19.3 25.88 28 61 9/17 20 , 3 23 ' 19.32 25.78 29 121 9/17 12 15 27' 19.07 25.82 30 19/ 9/17 8 11 19 18.7 25.6. 31 26/ 9/17 13 2 15 18.51 25.26 32 3/10/17 11 2 13 38.28 1 24.87 33 11/10/17 14 2 16 18.15 24.6 34 17/10/17 12 6 18 17.97 24.41 35 24/10/17 17 8 25 17.94 24.42 36 31/10/17 14 4 18 17,83 24.25 37 7/11/17 8 4 12 17.56 23.92 38 14/11/17 1 5 6 17.13 23.44 . 39 21/11/17 10 7 17 16.95 23.28 40 28/11/17 14 7 21 16.87 23.22 41 6/12/17 16 2 18 16.85 >23.1 42 13/12/17 14 7 21 16.78 ■ 23.05 43 19/12/17 14 3 17 16.72 22.9 44 26/12/17 11 1 12 16;-59 22.66 45 3 1/18 18 , 3 21 16.62 . 22.62 46 9/ 1/18 18 3 21 16.65 22.5S 47 16/ 1/18 6 2' 8 16.42 22.27 ' 48 23/ 1/18 6 2 8 16.21 21.97 49 30/ 1/18 9 6 15 16.06 21.83 50 61 2/18 10 5 15 15.94 21.7
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 139, 1 March 1918, Page 7
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