DESTRUCTION OF SUBMARINES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 191, 8 May 1920, Page 7

DESTRUCTION OF SUBMARINES

HOW FISHING BOATS BAFFLED "• ; UlB. .• Orders for' the payment of bounties in three: cases' of the sinking of. enemy ' submarines'by British vessels during the war. were' made in'thcPrizcCourt reccntly'. ..' '' ' .' ,' Five drifters were concerned in the initial'6tagcs ; of the attack on the UlB,the final'destruction'of- which. v,-as| carried,,'out by. the destroyer -Gipsy. ,It appeared .froM the affidavit of Lieu-fennnt-Compiander Frederick" William Robinson, 'of the Koyal Naval Bcserve, that" on''November 24, 1917, when'cruising off the Goodwins, "he found: the i drifters 'Feasible,'' Paramount, Majesty. Acceptable, and Present' Help engaged . in'keeping-the TT4B in' shoal water 60 as to prevent fier submerging. Ho ironici diately went to the-.'assistance of the drifters and'the'submarine was destroy- : ed. ! Nineteen survivors were rescued . und taken'-prisoners,'-and at the beginning of the' engagement there was- a .crew of 43 persons. ' ; ' '"- : Sir Henry Duke, President of tue '.Court, awarded.".C2ls. • '"'.". ' ' j"' .' .In .the'case of the U-.C.55, Lieutenani- , Commander H. D.''Crawford Stanistreet ': stated' .that his. ship the Tirade', 'while acting as .escort off. Lerwick, .sighted the submarine" and' immediately steamed' fut, ' speed towards -her; J, While this was ' .being'done.-' H.JI.S:-' Sylvia,' under Uhti ■ command of '-'Lieutenant! Peter Shaw, : since dead, opened-fire "upon the sub- ', marine, as also did" the Tirade. , The -tr.C.55 'was- hit repeatedly;' o'ne shot_, ' "striking the base "of the'conning tower and disabling the submarine, which rose ," fully ,to''the surface!. The' Tirade pre--1 pared' to ram-the submarine,- which, ~ however', sank 3011 yards ' away. ' He 'dropped depth charges over her to com-. ,'•' tilete her destruction', and' the Sylvia ;' did' the. same. The'crew of. the submarine consisted of tweny-mne persons! !.T)ia award in this ease! was.'.£l4s. .', The'destruction'of U.8.20'wa9 acco'm- , "nlisiied by'ii foiiple. of nfivnr;«eapraiie.v !., Describing this,adventure, in his affi- . davit. ' : Jlnior Arthur Thomas Barker, . R:'A.F., stated that' on' July 29,' .19.17, , he was sub-lieutenant, second 'in 'comi" mand of a seaplane wider the command ; of Captain Charles Leslie Young." now ,;; dead: While 'dying over the North Sea with another seaplane under the 1 r eotnnia.iid of Lieutenant (now MajorV- • 'Warren; .I?'."' Mackenzie, they saw; the i submarine and Commenced to bomb her. i .Th 6 first' bomb- .fell on "ber stern- and ' i the submarine' then pursued a zig-zag ■ course on the surface fully awash. ;Fur- ' ; ther bombs were dropped, which. took 1 effect, and the submarine sank by the ■ stern, her .bows' coming up clear of the . surface .before 'she disappeared. Her' : sides were-seen ,to burst open", and' : : there were no survivors of the crew, [ which consisted of twenty-four persons. 1 . The President awarded ' .£l2O. ! - ,: Since the'conditions for hitman exist- ■ ciiee at an elevation of .six milo3 are ex- ■' tremely inconvenient- and difficult the sounding of the atmosphere beyond this height has'been attempted by the use of I bitlloon-sohdcs or '-'sounding balloons • which'ai'o unmanned, but carry self-rc- • cording instruments. In 1894 a balloon ' of this type reached an altitude of . 54,000 feet, .a record, which was left'far :. behind by the same vessel in 18!)8, when :. a height' of 72,000 feet' waS . recorded. . The. immensity of'this record may < be - better appreciated when it is.said that it . is equivalent to 13} miles.. 1 Sir Edward John Toynter, Bart., . G.C.V.0., Pre.-iide.ijt of the Poyal Acul- ' eniy from 189(1. til! December 'ast, who ■ dieif on July 26; aged 82, has left cstate : s 'of the value of .120,608, the'net-person--1 a!tv being ,£19,82,1. ' The -imports' of,ltalian wines ■ into: tho t United Kingdom-'for the eight months, t ended August 31 amounted to 509,531 guls lons, as compared with 262,221 gallons for s the corresponding period' iiV 1918. ! THKRFi TS ONLY ONE » SANDEII'EXTRACT, and that is wily the • . people insist'on it,-and why I hey reject f 'the many inferior and frequently harm-, - ful'Substilules and "hist ns goodo." The' «' GENUINE SANDER .EXTRACT is free l from Ihe objectionable .qimlities of the 1 mmiiion euealvphisoils und Hit- .sn-enr>"l . ('extracts." SANDER'S EXTRACT Is the '■ most powerful nnli-:rptic and healing-re-'l niedy that can be used with safety, it ' ; pipynls and circs all infpethns dis'i'C"" 'I — infliteT'za, colds, fpvprs, smn]!pi«x. diphc thpm. flahilppee. dinrrWa. mid kidnev I; troubles. SANDER'S EXTRACT applied e -I- 'ulipvs..burns, .sprain*, c.nti. r<l- - skin gives instant relief and cures pitr- - miiiienMyr. Helial.iilih. pn'eeliveness. und <•■ |V"|r-lv are 't''» fi-'a! aHribules of SAN ' c■> DWt'S SXTIUCT.-Advt. ' "