On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 55, 5 July 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

A NAVAL ENGAGEMENT. i ' '• ° •*»

GERMAN LOSS IN BALTIC.

MINELAYER DRIVEN ASHORE. . , •" ' •• • , ■ • ’!:

United Press Association. Stockholm, July 3,

A severe fight .took place between German and Russian cruisers and tor-

pedodrs in the vicinity of Windau (seaport on the Russian coast of tlie Baltic, near the Gulf of Riga). A German torpedoer and a cruiser of the Magdeburg type was sunk. Four .Russian cruisers chased the German minelayer Albatross eastward ■ of Gothland (an island almost opposite. Windau), killing twenty-four and

■ woufuliug seventy-one of the crew. The Albatross ran ashore to avoid capture. Just as the Albatross was disabled a German squadron outnumbering ' the Russians arrived. A vigorous engagement ensued, the Russians retiring slowly northward to safety. German fcorpodoers landed many wounded at Gothland,

(Vessels of the Magdeburg class are fust cruisers of 1178 tons, able to steam nearly 28 knots. 'they are

armed with twelve 4.1-in quickliring guns and two torpedo tubes. On the Waterline there is 4-in vertical armbur, so that these vessel are, strictly speaking arnioured cruisers. -They have a large coal supply and can cover more than GOOD knots without taking in fresh fuel. They carry 370 officers and men. The famous Breslau is sister ship. These vessels were completed in 1912. The mine-layer Albatross was specially built for this work and was launched in 1907. The displacement is 2,185 tons,, the designed speed/'2O knots. She is armed with eight 21pounder quick-firers,' and Has magazines for a large number of naval mines, with special gear for dropping ’ them. The crew numbers 198 officers and men). ’:' ' ‘ THE official versions, ■United Puess Association. Petrograd. July 0. Official; Russian cruisers encountered two enemy light cruisers am. torpedoers in a log east ol Gothland, and gave battle. The German cruisei Albatross at nine o’clock in the morning lowered her flag and ran ashore, and the others made olf. Our squadron of ten vessels encountered at noon a light cruiser and torpedoers and wo renewed the battie. The enemy at 10.130 began to retire southwards. and during the retreat another, enemy fight cruiser joined, and all fled. A submarine attacked our squadron fruitlessly. Our . damage is insignificant. Amsterdam, July I.

A German official report, reiyrr'mp, ■ to the Gothland fight, says the German forces were weaker than the enemy's. They , vainly attempted to draw the enemy within the area controlled by the German ships southward/ ,

~. i ' A GERMAN LOSS. BATTLESHIP SUBMARINED. RUSSIAN WORK IN THE BALTIC (Received 8.45 a.in.) • Petrograd, July -1. Official.—A Russian submarine blew up a German battleship of the Deutschland type while leading the enemy’s line in Baltic oni the afternoon of the 2nd July.

Vessels Of- the Deutschland type are pre-Dreadnoughts 'and were completed between 1906 and 1908. They have a displacement of 13,000 tons; speed 19knots; armament four li-m guns, j 'fourteen 6.7-in gutis, twenty 21-pounder guns and six submerged torpedo-tubes. The belt is 9|in at its thickest with 11-in. armour on the turret. The 6.7 in. guns are in a broadside battery, protected by 6|-in plates. They are very popular ships' in the German Navy, owing to their handiness 1 , good speed, and sea-keepjng qualities. The annulment is not so formidable as it looks, owing to the slow rate of fire from the secondary battery. . The 6.7-in projectile weights 1541b5, and it is thus too heavy to he handled by manual power. In fighting value the ships compare with our “Formidnbles,” The complement is 743 officers and men. The “Deutschland” was for some years flagship of the High Sea Fleet. There are five vessels in this class.

TURKISH TROOPSHIP SUNK. London, July 3. Renter's Athens correspondent reports that a British submarine sank a steamer full of troops in the Sea of Marmora. SUBMARINES AT THE GOLDEN HORN. ; ■ . Athens, July 4. German submarines are iii the Gotten Horn. AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE SUNK. Rome, July 3. Official: Lieutenant Rouillot, a frenchman, flying at a height of fifty Feet, bombed the Austrian submarine I’ll in the Adriatic. There were ex->!o,-,ioiis at the rear of the conning tower and it is believed tbe submarne was sunk.

SWEDEN PROTESTS.

Copenhagen, July -‘1

The Albatross was' acting as an information ship to the cruisers. She carried 220 men. Twenty-five shots struck her and both her masts fell, iml the vessel grounded a Jiundred raids from the shore. Twenty-seven were killed and 33 wounded. The Swedish authorities have protested to Petrograd at the action taking place in Swedish waters.

SUBMARINE VICTIMS. London, July 3. The sole survivor of a boat conlu ning 16 of tiie Scottish Monarch crew has landed at Cornwall. Rotterdam, July 3. The Dutch lugger Katwyk, No* 147, was mined in the .North Set. Ten were drowned. London, July J. The Belgian .steamer Bndnogav, hound from liayone to Barry, was tprncdoed off the Soillys. The crew landed at Falmouth. * The steamer Araijard, cotton-la 1on. from Garveston to Havre, was sunk by a submarine without ,wa.ruin«r. The crew landed at Plymouth. The steamer Gadsey, from Cape Breton to London, was torpedoed. The crew landed at Londonderry. Amsterdam, July 4. The submarine sunk at the mouth of the Ems is, apparently the U3O. Divers ascertained that, shortly after the disaster the crews were still alive, hut now it is believed all peiisheJ. Vessels have been sent to raise the submarine. London, July 4. The steamer Richmond was sunk by a submarine off Scilly Islands. The crew was landed.

THE COEBEN’S COMMANDER. United Press Association. Paris, July 3. According to Le Temps, von Mullar, commander of the Goehen, has been recalled to Berlin owing to Ms failure in the last attempt to destroy the Russian ports on the Black Sea BLACK SEA NEWS. United Press Association, Petrograd, July 3. A, Russian submarine sank two steamers and a largo sailer in the Black Sea, and drove a number of small ve'ssels ashore.