On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 48, 26 October 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

GERMAN CRUISER SUBMARINED United Peess Association. London, October 24. A Russian official message states that a British submarine, near Libau, sank a German cruiser of the Prims Adalbert type (8858 tons). (Vessels' 'of the Prince Adalbert class are r *mly two in number, the other be|i/g;the Friedrich Karl, completed in 19,03. , These vessels have a dispin.ce^iof ,88-50 tons, and are 410 ft. in ; length,. Their engines of 17,000 h.p. give them a speed of 21 knots,, j '.Their . armament comprises four B.2iri. guns in twain turrets, ten 5.9 in., and twelve 21-pounder quickfirers, with four torpedo tubes. The crew numbers 591 officers and men.)

EXPERIENCES OF TWO SWEDISH : STEAMERS. Copenhagen, October 24. The Swedish steamer Hugo left Tronkhejm with <BOO bales of rubber for Archangel.; The Norwegian authorities, suspecting she was going to Germany- \sent,a torpedo boat to follow her, which' foiiiul the Hugo changing her course ..southwards. She was ar-rested-and.flight to Christiansand. Her pretext was that she intended ,to. complete her cargo at Bergen. The Swedish steamer llumina, with wood pulp for London, was. captured by a submarine in the Baltic, and was proceeding under a German officer to Libau when she was blown up by a mine. Six men were drowned, and the captain and ten of the crew and the German officer landed in Gothland.

WORK OF THE ALLIED FLEETS. The High Commissioner reports:— London, October 25 (8.10 a.m.) Petrograd reports that an English submarine sunk a German cruiser of the Prinz Adalbert type in the Baltic near Libau. A squadron of French} English, and Russian ships bombarded the Bulgarian coast batteries at Port Dedeagatch, and damaged the munition depots, station and railway bridge, the squadron also bombarded Port Lagos. NORWEGIAN VESSEL SUNK. London, October 21. A German note to Norway justifies the sinking of the Sveinjarl because no neutral marks were visible, and the submarine \va s obliged to regard her as an enemy ship. It agrees to indemnify the losers, but asserts inability in future to accept responsibility for such mistakes where neutrals' challenge the dangers of Gorman submarine warfare and neglect the precautions recommended by Berlin.

OPERATIONS IN THE BALTIC. Berlin, October 24. A communique says that Russian vessels on the northern coast of Courliuid bombarded Petroggo, Homes Xess, and Gipten, and landed weak forces at Domes Xess.