SIGHTING OF A SUBMARINE.

Taihape Daily Times, 17 July 1919, Page 2

SIGHTING OF A SUBMARINE.

‘ Mr VVol'knlan third ofiicer on the ‘War Pilot‘, now at Lyt—- [ telton, was I'eWarded by sir IF. Yal'l‘oW for the fix-35 on ahis vessel to sight ¢submal-ine. A 1: that_ time he was on the Rhodesian__ a ’rl'anspol't, owned by Messrs. Holden Bros., when half-way between Gun-31-far and Mont:-02.1. Where the V8550} was to Dick UP 3 C=‘~'l‘go of flour for Archangel. Mr. Workman saw the U-beat on the port side, and gave instructions to zigzag, also a(lViSing the Volagdo. another transpo“*:, of t.]‘;e presence of the submarine_ The Shir.-S _ gunners colnmF‘nced firing with the 5 two 7in. guns and three high-;mg},. guns, and 13 shots were firofl at thp Üboat, ewhich responded with thre-: r.hof_e_. and then dived. One of thfi depth che.rgesm._°do :1 big nxnfosion near the submarine, and oil was noticed on the surface of the Sea, 1313+ the Rho‘desiall did not take the risk of putting back to investigate Whetherthero were any signs of the Ufnoats having been sunk. \