SINKING A SUBMARINE.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 July 1917, Page 4

SINKING A SUBMARINE.

AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE. Quartermaster T. Q. Shirley, son of Mr T. E. Shirley, municipal librarian at Napier (says the Herald) writing tq his parents from Sling Camp, Salisbury, mentions the fol lowing interesting incident: ‘‘l had better tell you of the exciting lime we had nearing the coast of England. For the first time in our lives we sighted a seaplane which flew up to our cruiser conyoy and exchanged signals. The accompanying destroyers thereupon began to zigzag in and out and round about. At 7.30 p.m. just, as we were beginning a farewell concert; wp heard the report of guns being fired, and we were immediately ordered to take up our boat ptations and ‘ stand by,” We could see the destroyer ahead firing at some rjark object in the water. They fir.ed four shots altogether, and presently the enemy Submarine floated past our ship with a trawler in attendance. “The destroyers signalled to onr ship that the second shot hit the conning tower of the submarine, which then capsized. Other shots also took effect, but she did not sink bp account qf the compressed air in her hull. Subsequent!) the trawler fowpd the enemy submarine to port. The whole affair was oyer quickly, apd was a tiue example of the work of the British navy. We subsequently also heard that the seaplane had reported tq our convoy jdip presence of the enemy submarine a ahqif cliptancp ahpad and was thus the means of its destruction and our palvation. Tbps incident prpvep that the ■ Ilpsebe3 ’ with their submarines are not baying everything their own ' way.’’