SUBMARINE WARFARE
| FRENCH SHIPPING. , | FIVE VESSELS LOST. [AUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION] PARIS, July 20. For the week ending July 15tj, arrivals totalled 1037 and sailings 1020 Tho sinkings were throe above IGU) tons and two below 1600 tons. Four vessels were unsuccessfully attacked. IMPROVED SUBMARINES. CAN SUBMERGE 200 FEET. (Received This Dav at 10.15. a in.) MEW YORK, July 22. The “New York Times” Washington correspondent states an official import has been received at Washington, that Germany has completed a small number of submarines capable of submerging to 200 feet'. This achievementwill add to the submarine problem, as this typo of submersible would bo able to div© under nets. It is believed that this is partly the cause of Germany’s frantic endeavour to prevent the bott* ing of the “U” boats in the Baltic and elsewhere. .
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1917, Page 3
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