ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 August 1915, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

IN THE BLACK SEA, MANY ENEMY CRAFT SUNK, Received August 3, 10 p.m. Pctrograd, August 3. Official: Torpedoers in the Black Sea ignited a coal depot, and sank ten coal-laden vessels. They have also destroyed two hundred coal sailers and three shipyards on the Anatolian coait « NEAR ASIA MINOR. ACTIVITY OF BRITISH SMALL CRAFT. BOMBARDING THE COAST. Received August 3, 5.5 p.m. London, August 2. The Vicc-Admiral in the eastern Mediterranean reports that a British submarine in the Sea of Marmora torpedoed a steamer of three thousand tons off Mudania pier, to which several sailing vessels were secured. The explosion was very heavy. The submarine also torpedoed a small steamer close to KaraIjogha Bay. Constantinople reports that a gunboat was torpedoed, and possibly this refers to the same incident.

The tqrpedoer also fired *t ligiiiew alon£9jd().. v awcJii'. 1 ,, .and' there •%eW s, he«vy' I «tj»osi' J , .» 1 1-ct "(he results could not be seen.

I i\Ve also bombarded SVwniik powdermills, with results, owing to the darkness, aur. bombarded the railway west of Kuw.Wtii!, blocking the line to that a trevj-. Uain was unable to pass. The trails was fired at until it steu.uied hack. Three truck-loads of auwmitiou v«re blown up, Received August 5.5 p.m. SUBMARINE PIRACY. IKHIK STBAMKRS SUNK. 1-flndon, August 2. The British steamer Ben Voirlich was sunk, and the chief officer ami sixteen of the crew were landed. The captain and the remainder oi the crew lelp the a;;;p in anoher boat. The liner Clintonia, with a Lascar crew, was sunk. Fifty-four were rescued and eleven perished. The London steamer Fuljens has been sunk. The crew of twenty.foui' were landed. ' • Copenhagen, July 2. The Norwegian steamer Trondjem Fjord was submarined ur;d sunk. The crew of thirty-nine were landed. GERMAN DESTROYER SUNK, London, August 2. The Admiralty announces that British submarines sank a German destroyer ofi the German coast on July 28, X/ondon, Aug, 2. The Admiralty states that the German destroyer which was sunk belongs to the GI9G class. NEW GERMAN CRUISER. Amsterdam, August 2. A large German cruiser has been launched at Wilhelmshaven, The Kaiser ordered it to be named Hindenberg. GERMAN TRANSPORT SUNK. j Received August 3, 10.55 p.m. 'j Peitrograd, August 3. Official: A British submarine sank a German transport in the Baltic. THE IBERTAN. I Received August 4. 12.10 a.m. J Landon, August 3. Three Americans were killed by the sinking of the Iberian,