On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 22, 27 January 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

BRITISH MERCHANTMEN. ARMED MERCHANTMAN VIKNOR LOST IN A GALE. United Press -Association. London, January 26. The Admiralty reports that the British armed merchantman Vikuor was lost, with all bands, during a gale, perhaps by striking a mine, off the north of Ireland, where bodies and wreckage have been found. TORPEDOED IN BALTIC. GERMAN CRUISER DAMAGED. (Received 8.45 a.m.) London, January 26. Reuter states that the German cruiser Gazelle was torpedoed and damaged near Rugen Island and returned to Saissnitz. THE KARLSRUHE’S TOLL. New York, January 26. German advices state that the Karlsruhe sank eleven merchantmen during the last fortnight. AUSTRIAN CRUISER SUNK IN THE ADRIATIC. Rome, January 26. It is reported that an Austrian cruiser was mined and sunk near Trieste.

PRESS COMMENT. I IT' - 1 AND HYUNICY tiUN rtSKVICBB. London, January 26. i The Times’ naval correspondent, referring to recent operations, says the desire to carry out Admiral Vdn Tirpitz’s threat to sink British merchantmen lias not been wanting, although up to the present its expression has not been strikingly successful.