On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 73, 24 October 1916, Page 6

On the Sea

STUCK IN TflE MUD. THE DEUTSCHLAND’S VOYAGE. AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z, Cable, Association, (deceived 11.20 a.m.) New York, October 23. Captain Koenig, describing the Deutschland’s trip in a message to'the New .York American, says: Early in the morning, I saw ’ a British destroyer and ordered the engineer to submerge. The submarine dived so steeply that, .she went down at an angle of 36 degrees, and dug her bows in the mud at the bottom of the sea. The bows held fast, the stern swinging violently, back and forth. As the water' was shallow, I was afraid the stern would become visible. Tire ship’s tanks aft were quickly flooded, hut the bows were so deep in. the mud that the submarine only returned to a horizontal position ‘ slowly, and \Ve had much manoeuvring before the bows were, released.. We then continued the voyage, THE WEEK-END TOTAL. - -12 NEUTRAL, 6 BRITISH SHIPS. (Received 10.30 a.m.) London, October 23.

Latest reports state that five Swed- • ish, seven Norwegian, and,six British vessels were submarined and sunk at the week-end.

"SLIGHTLY DAMAGED."

Pi ess Association—Copyright. Reuter’s Telegrams (Received 11.20 a.m.) Amsterdam, ■ October 23. A semi-official Berlin report asserts that the small cruiser Unenchen, which was torpedoed by a British submarine, returnee] to port slightly damaged.