On the Sea.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 July 1915, Page 5

On the Sea.

ITALIAN CRUISER LOST. SUNK i!Y AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE. I'aris, July 8. The Figaro gives details of the supposed sinking of a submarine. It states that the submarine was apparently of thu latest type ,and strove to aim a torpedo at the patrol 'boat Holland. The latter was brilliantly handled, and never presented a target for the torpedo. Meanwhile the Holland fired twenty-five rounds, the last at twentyfire yards' range. The submarine disappeared in a cloud of thick smoke.

Rome, July 8. The newspapers refer to the loss of the Amalfi as an inevitable but painful incident of this type of warfare. It will fire fresh impetus to Italy's «f----ijorts.

Official: During a naval reobnnaisanec last night the Amalfi was torpedoed in the upper Adriatic. Nearly the whole of the orew and officers were saved. The vessel heeled rapidly. The crew elwwed admirable discipline and cheered the King and Italy as they were ordered to leave the ship. (The Amalfi was an armored cruiser of 9©5G tons, completed in 1909. She hod a speed of 22.5 knot*, and carried four lOin. guns, eight 7.5 in. quick-firers, sixteen Sin. quick-firers and two machine-guns.

BRITISH SUBMARINE'S SUCCESS THE LOSS OF THE FALABA. Wellington, July 9. The High Commissioner reports under date London, July- S, 9.30 a.m.:— Petrograd officially announces that the submarine which successfully attacked the German warship on Friday was British. (A cablegram from Petrograd on July A was as follows:—Official: A Russian euvmarine .blew up a German battleship of the Deutschland type, which was leading the enemy's line in the Baltic oh the Afternoon of July 2. The Deutflchland class consists of five battleships built between 1906 and 1908. They are vessels of 13,000 tons, with a speed of 18 knots, and carry four llin. and fourteen C.Tin, guns.) London, July 8.

Lard Mersey's judgment on the loss of the Falalwi states that thcroi were more than sufficient lifeboats, all in good order. The cargo included thirteen tons of cartridges and gunpowder, but the amount did not exceed what was usual in peace time. The Falaba was unarmed. The submarine did not give those on board a reasonable opportunity to enter the boats. The opportunity was so inadequate that Lord Mersey was driven to the conclusion that the captain of the submarine aimed at sacrificing the Itves of the passengers and er. .v. There was evidence, of laughing and jeering on board tile submarine while the survivors of the Falaba were struggling for their lives. The Foreign Office announces that belligerent merchantmen are entitled to carry and use armaifionts in self-defence. The principle has J>tvn generally recognised, and British ships so armed have been trading regularly to various countries since an early stage of the war. GERMAN SUBMARINE SCHEME. (Times and Svdne.- Sun Services.) deceived .July 0. p.m. London, Julv 0. The Times correspondent at Washington says rumors continue that possibly Germans are ostahli.-himr submarine bases on this side of the Atlantic. Tieport favors the broken coast near the mouth of the St. Lawrence. Tn view of the strides in German submarine | construction the idea is less fantastic 1 than it would have been pome months I ago.