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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 251, 27 November 1914, Page 1 (Supplement)

BRITISH AHMED LINER CARMAXIA, WHICH FOUGHT AM) SANK THE GERMAN ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER CAP TRAFALGAR.

CARMAMAS FIXE FEAT

AUMF.I) GERMAN LINER SENT TO THE BOTTOM.

She is ;i vessel of 10..?2I tons. It is fnio testimony to the stillness of Ikt const nut ion that she was able to maintain tlif> fight for an hour and threequarters, and sink heir opponent, in spite of his armament of eight l.lin. guns. Tlie action must hare hoen n very sharp one. Though the loss of life on board the British liner will he greatly regretted. Captain Noel Grant —who was lately in command of the Third Destroyer Flotilla—won a notahlo success, and well deserves the Admiralty

The Carmnnia, which distinguished herself by sinking the Hamburg-South America, liner Can Trafalgar, is one of the ships which helped to rescrue the erne and passengers of the burning liner Volturno in the Atlantic, and is the first British liner to lie in action.

congratulatory signal. "Well Done.", There is on<> Gorman marauder of our cnmimrce less on the high sea.s, and the] Cap Trafalgar, of 15.710 tons <iross. the! ship in which Prince Henry of Prussia! made his commercial traveller's tour in; South America, hits ended her remark-* ablp career. She has shared the fatV el' the Kaiai r Wilhelm dor Grosse, U\, to which Captain Henry IVuller, of the Highflyer, gave the coup de grace. Thoj Cap Tragalgar wa.s valued at consider- 1 ably over £40(1,000.