On the Sea
WHAT’3 THE CAINE ? | GERMANS OWN MERCHANTMEN. [UviTHU PItUNR -4«m;OiAt'lON.l j (Received S.lo a.m.) Copenhagen, May 12. The National Tiuende states that f. ship broker at Malmoe (Sweden), who has business relations with the Gorman Baltic ports, has received a sensational report that the Germans are commandeering all German merchant men from June 1. , GERMAN TRANSPORT SERVICE ! IN THE BALTIC. I | BRITISH SU BMARINES ALERT. (Received 9.60 a.m.) Copenhagen May 12. I Many German merchantmen are ■carrying guns and ammunition towards (Libau (Russia), being escorted by des--1 trovers and torpedoers, as British submarines have appeared in certain parts .of the Baltic. THE LOSS OF THE CYMRIC. London, May 12. ■ When the crew left the Cymric the. vessel was afire. The explosion of the torpedo smashed a high pressure cylinder, and four of the crew were killed, either by . the torpedo or pieces of the cylinder. j BRITISH. SHIPPING. 1 London, May 11.
According to Lloyd’s Register the vessels in the United Kingdom decreased last year by 268, with a teenage of 11,151 tons.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 33, 13 May 1916, Page 5
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