On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 53, 8 February 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

LARGE GERMAN WARSHIP SUNK MINED IN THE CATTEGAT. fTTmTwn Prvbo AneioorATTON.l Copenhagen, February 7. It is reported that a large German warship has been mined and sunk in the Cattegat. She sent out signals of distress, but the wireless calls soon ceased. MEETING THE SUBMARINE. ■- —s-*-A N E WaPUSE DEVISED. r [Unithd Prkhb Association.! London, February 0. The New York Times says that when Britain tackled the submarine menace she found it impossible to hit submerged submarines, ordinary shells ricochetting in the water like tennis balls. Experiments revealed that

with alterations to the shape of the nose the shell would drive into the water. It was also found that lyddite was more powerful and exploded under water. Finally they devised a new fuse, went out into the Worth Sea, and tackled the submarines, flip; ships boldly advanced, and the submarines, thinking them mad, came in droves in order to destroy them. Then the battleships let Hy from their big gnus with the new shells, peppering a wide area, and the shells sank and blow up the submarines.