Maritime Activities

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 189, 19 January 1915, Page 5

Maritime Activities

THE RISKS (iF COASTAL I'ATi. d,. AMONG THE. SUBMARINES i.V NIGHT. A LUCKY ESCAPE. Times and Sydney Sun Sendees Rcc-.-ix.'d. IS, • > p.m. London. January IS. A seaman aboard a destroye" writes: '•Cur job is palroiling the coast. (bulla rk night, when the. water was a bit choppy, no one was allowed to turn into his hammock. In the midi'le watdi flic look-out sigiited ;i red light, then a second, and a third. IVe steamed close to the tirst light, and the seaivlibght revealed a submarine, which inimoilhitly dived, Uie others disappearing' snmiL (antously. The submarines had mistaken us for their own supply -.ldp. V'e cruised about, hoping to ram one, and every minute expecting a "tinliph" against the side. Fortunately they failed to torpedo us, and were not again

ADMIRALTY TUG LOST. Tilt: t'TiKW PERISH. Received IS, (1.50 p.m. London, -lanuary IS. The Admiralty patrol tug Char was holed when getting alongside the steamer Erwan, which was damaged, andj filling rapidly, was unable to help. The Deal lifeboat for twelve hours searched in'a hurricane, but was unable to iilld the '.bar. It is believed the tug drifted on to the Goodwins, and the crew of seventeen was l.j-t.