On the Sea.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 July 1915, Page 5

On the Sea.

GERMAN SUBMARINE'S VOYAGE. SI.VKIX*! (»v THK TKII'MPM AXI) TIIK AI'AJ KSTJC. Re.-eived July 4, ji.iii. Am.-lerdaiu, Jule IS. A Hungarian newspaper bad an'interview Mil.li Ilcrsing, commander of the Orman submarine which recently made a journey ill tlu: Dardanelles. The submaiinc. covered .iWKt miles in a, month. It leit Wiilielmshafon on April 25, and travelled mostly «n the surface, an<l did not see. a single British warship to I <ibralUir, where it noticed a. British destroyer. The submarine waited until nightfall, and then dived and pasa«il. On the day of its arrival ill t'he Aegean Sea, it sank the Triumph, and dived as a British destroyer approached, and tile destroyer .passed over the submarine. Then the submarine encountered the Majestic, and, through the periscope, the flew was seen ■preparing to lunch. The submarine commander hesitated to disturb the meal, but duty triumphing over sentiment the submarine find a torpedo, and then dived. liotli Hie Triumph and Majestic were protected by nets. STEAMER'S SOLE SURVIVOR, | Received July 4, 3.5 p.m. London, July 3. The sole survivor of a boat, containing 30 of the Scottish Monarch crew lias landed at Cornwall. DUTCH VESSEL SUNK. .Received July 4, 3 p.m. Rotterdam, Jnlv 3. The Dutch lugger Jvatwyk, Xo. 147, was mined in the Xortli Sea. Ten were drowned. BELOIAX 'STKAMKK .SUXK Received July 4, 5 p.m. London, July 3. The Belgian steamer liodnogav, bound from Bayone to Barry, was torpedoed off tiie Scillvs. The crew landed at Falmouth. I TWO YKSSELS TORPEDOED. .July 5, 1.35 a.m. London, .Inly 4. The steamei' Araijard, cotton-laden, from Carveston to Havre, wan sunk by a submarine without warning. The crew landed at Plymouth. The steamer (iadsey, from C;ipe Breton to Loudon, was torpedoed. The crew landed at Londonderry. LOST GEKMAX SDDM'ARIXE. Received July 5, 12.5 a.in. Amsterdam, July 4. The submarine sunk at the mouth of tCie Ems is, apparently, the U3O. Divers ascertained that shortly after the disaster the crews were still alive, but now it is believed all perished. Vessels have bcent sent to raise the submarine. BRITISH STEAMER SUXK. Received July 5, 12.5 a.m. London, July 4. The steamer Richmond was sunk by a submarine off tlie Scilly Jslanils. The crew was landed. NAVAL OFFICER RECALLED. Received July 4, 3.35 p.m. Paris, Jul,- 3. According to Le Temps, von >M:ullar, commander of t'l© Goeben, has been recalled to Berlin owing to his failure in the last attempt to destroy the Russian ports on the Black- Sea. SUBMARINE VICTIMS. London, July 2. A submarine torpedoed and sank the barque Elsie Tower, timber-laden from Xova Scotia, oil' Fastnet. The crew landed at Crookhaven. The submarine then put up sails and two dummy funnels and sailed about. A submarine "by gun fire sank the 4000-ton vessel .Wclbury off Castletown, with 3'400 tons of sugar. Before the ship left Cuba someone painted inside the hold, "Your cargo for England will never get there." A trawler picked up the crew. The British steamers Caucasian and Inglemoor were sunk by submarines oil the Lizard on Thursday. The Norwegian wheat ship torpedoed was the Thistlebank. A submarine fired seventeen shots at the Caucasian,' 1 breaking down the funnel and carrying the wheel out of the •captain's hand. The crew took to the boats. The Inglemoore picked up some, . but wws itself torpedoed. One of the Caucasian's boats headed for I'ranee, and lias not since been seen. Received July 4, 3 p.m. London, July -3. The Caucassian's missing boat was full, and" the occupants have been landed at Falmouth.