On the Sea.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 35, 16 May 1916, Page 8

On the Sea.

GERMANY'S SUPER-SUBMARINES. EQUIPMENT OF fHE U7O. [United Pekbii Amooiation.] I London, May 14. ! Chaplain Norbcrg, of the barque Lindfiteld, who was taken aboard the l"70 in March describes the submarine, in an emergency the L'7o has a surface speed of 25 knots, and below the surface fifteen knots. She carried two guns, six hundred shells, and ten tor-, pedoes, and was able to be absent from her base for 30 to 40 days. When she !observed a British destroyer she sank to ten fathoms in fifty seconds. The air was very good even after a submersion of five hours. NORWAY'S! LOSSES. Copenhagen, May 14. In a* press message it is officially stated that 82 Norwegian steamships, totalling 116,038 tons, and 53 sailing ships, totalling 71,378 tons, have been destroyed. The value of torpedoed ships is £3,334,000. THE OVERDUE WHITGIFT. London, May 14. Wreckage has been picked up in the Bay of Biscay, belonging to the overdue Whitgift,. bound to Almeria, on the tenth coast of Spain, from Newcastle. NORWAY COAST. DESTROYERS BRING DOWN A ZEPPELIN. Copenhagen, May 14, Three British destroyers were observed off the west coast of Norway, pursuing a Zeppelin. Suddenly the Zeppelin was seen to be rapidly descending and "uncontrollable. She was, then seen disappearing in a fog a hundred feet above the water. It is beJlieved that she was shot down. A large French flotilla has been observed near the island of Vaago, on .the north-western coast of Norway. THE HUN TOTAL FOR APRIL. 96 VESSELS, 225,000 TONNAGE. a.m.) Berlin, May 15. Official.—Submarines arid mines in April sunk 96 merchantmen, with an aggregate tonnage' of 225,000. LOSSES IN APRIL, £5,909,000. (Received 9,10 a.m.) London, May 15. The Liverpool Underwriters estimate that the shipping losses during April, apart from the Rangatira, amounted to £5,909,000, compared to £2,129,000 in April, 1915, and £323,000 in April, 1914.