On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 24, 28 May 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

H.M.S. TRIUMPH SUNK.

TORPEDOED IN GULF OF SAROS.

MOST OF THE CREW SAVED.

United Prebb Association

London, May 27

Official: A submarine sank the battleship Triumph off Gallipoli. The captain and most of the officers and crew were saved.

The Triumph was operating in support of the' Australasians. Destroyers chased the submarine until dark.

A report received at Amsterdam from the Turkish headquarters states the Tfiiumph was torpedoed and sank in the Gulf of Saros, off Arihurna.

(The Triumph was a battleship of 11,985 tons, built in 1904. She had a speed of 19£ knots, and carried four lOin. guns and fourteen 7.5 in. guns.) A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION. VESSEL ON ITS SIDE WITHIN A MINUTE. > (Received 9 a.m.) Constantinople, May 27. A telegram states that the Triumph was torpedoed at noon on the 25th. There was a terrible explosion, and the vessel turned on its side within a minute. Seven minutes later it turned and floated awhile keel upwards, and then sank rapidly.

DESTROYER SUBMARINED. TURKISH LOSS NEAR CONSTANINOPLE. Unit*d Prfm Absogj^tios. (Received 9.10 a.m.) London, May 27. Reuter reported that a French submarine torpedoed a Turkish destroyer not far from Constantinople. SUBMARINE IN THE NORTH SEA DISCRIMINATES BETWEEN SWEDISH AND DANISH VESSELS. (Received 9.40 a.m.) Copenhagen, May 27. A German submarine stopped some Danish and Swedish schooners in the North Sea, and allowed the Danish to proceed, but burnt the Swedish vessel’s letters. The captain asked why the Danish were not destroyed, and the commander of the submarine stated ho had been instructed not to touch the Danish ships. TORPEDOED AND SHELLED. ONE OF CREW KILLED AND THREE KILLED. (Received 10.20 a.m.) London, May 27. The steamer Morwenna. hound from Montreal to Cardiff in ballast, was torpedoed and shelled when 100 miles from St. Ann’s Head. The crew landed and reported that one member was killed and three wounded.

H.M.S. MAJESTIC BLOWN UP

SUBMARINED AT GALLIPOLI.

NEARLY ALL CREW SAVED

(Received 1.10 p.m.) London, May 27. Official.—A submarine sank H.M.S Majestic ate Gallipoli. Nearly all the crew were saved.

The Majestic is a battleship of 14.000 tons. She has a speed oi 17i knots. Her armament consists of 4 12in. and 12 Oin. guns. She was launched in 189 u. Her complement oi men would he about GoO men. LOSS OF AUXILIARY CRUISER. ACCIDENT IN SHEERNESS HARBOR. (Received 1.10 p.m.) London, May 27. The auxiliary cruiser. Princess Irene, was accidentally blown up in the Sheerness harbour. Seventy-seven dockers perished. GERMAN SUBMARINE BASE A NEST AT SCILLY ISLANDS. SEVEN DESTROYED BY BRITISH. (Received 11.10 a.m.) Sydney, May 28. The captain of the steamer Physa which arrived at Newcastle from Singapore, states that the newspapers there contained the accounts of the sinking of German submarines off Scilly Islands in March. In a cave on one of the Islands the Germans had a base large enough to accommodate six submarines and supplies in a sunken airtight-vessel, at a depth of fourteen fathoms. The escort was discovered by British officers who waited and bombed the incoming submarines, seven being destroyed.

(The Scilly Isles are about 90 miles westward of Land’s haul, haigland. They consist of about thirty islets and roc ks. St. Mary’s Island is the hugest, having an area of 2\ square miles. The main industries are fishing, agriculture. Hugh Town is the capital, which is garrisoned. The Islands are numerous, and caves similar to the one mentioned aro plentiful. The population of the Islands is about 9000.)