COMMODORE TYRWHITT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 197, 28 January 1915, Page 5

COMMODORE TYRWHITT.

Commodore R. Y. Tyrwhitt, who is captain of the Arethusa, and who is mentioned in connection with the North Sea action, was among the commanmngofficers mentioned in the fight in Heligoland Bay. He is well-known in New Zealand, having been here in the Curucoa. He will be well remembered in hunting circles in Auckland. His ship, the Arethusa, took a leading part in the Heligoland fight, assisting in sinkingthe Mainz. Her speed, nominally 2ft ,£nots, was reduced to ten knots, and many of her guns were put out of action. The Arethusa reappeared in connection with the British aerial raid on Cuxhaven, being one of the destroyers protecting the cruiser convoy. RUSSIAN SUBMARINES IN PRUSSIAN WATERS. .Received 27, 5.50 p.m. Copenhagen, January zii. Several Russian submarines have unexpectedly appeared at Rugen. Traffic between hweden and Germany it! stopped. Twelve large submarines were built at Petrograd during the past yvtit. It is hoped that it will be possible to stop imports of copper and petrol via Scandinavia. (Rugen' is a German island in the Baltic, south-east from Copenhagen, separated from the mainland by Strella Sound, iy 2 miles across. Bergen is the capital. There are about 47,000 people on the island).. GERMAN CRUISER DAMAGED. London, January 26. Reuter states that the German cruiser Gazelle was torpedoed and damaged near the island of Rugen, in the Baltic Sea 1 . She returned to Sassnitz. Copenhagen January 26. The Gazelle is badly damaged. [The Gazelle is a protected cruiser of 2003 tons, and was completed in 1898. She has a speed of 19 knots, and is armed with ten 4.1-in. and fourteen smaller guns. The Gazelle has one submerged torpedo tube and two above water.]