ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 January 1916, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

BRITISH BATTLESHIP MINED. NO LIVES LOST, | ' ' London, Jan. 9. The battleship King Edward VII struck a mine and sank. The entire crew were rescued. Wellington, Jan. 10. The High Commissioner reports, under date London, January 9, 3.30 a.m.:— The Admiralty announces that the battleship King Edward VIT .struck a mine. Owing to heavy seas she had to be abandoned. She sank shortly afterwards. There was no loss of life, and only two were injured. (The King Edward VTT, ] 8,000 tons, was completed in 1905, and had a speed of 19.4 knots. She carried four 12in. guns, four Bin., ten Sin. quick-firers, 30 anti-torpedo boat guns, and four torpedo tubes. The battleship cost £1,473,245).

THE CREW'S DISCIPLINE. A WELL MERITED TRIBUTE. : Received Jan. 10, 11.30 p.m. London. Jan. 10. The newspapers pay tribute to the wonderful discipline and resource of the King Edward Vll's crew, which enabled them to save the entire ship's company under circumstances of great difficulty and peril. - ....

RUNNING THE GAUNTLET. ESCAPE FROM SWEDISH FORT, Stockholm, Jan. 9. The British steamer Gitano, which has been in refuge at Norrkoping since the war commenced, slipped out on New Year's Day followed by Swedish torpedoera. A German torpedoer tried to capture the Gitano in Swedish waters, but the Swedish torpedoers forced it to desist.

The Gitano reached Malmo and left again for Gothenburg. To reach there she must cross a small stretch of international water, where many German warships are lying in wait. MONTENEGRIN RECRUITS LOST. Cettinge, Jan. 9. The mined Italian steamer carried 425 Montenegrin recruits from America. (A cable yesterday stated that an Italian steamer had been mined in the Adriatic, and that 200 people were drowned.) ~.,•-■,-.;••.■>

THE GOEBEN AGAIN. ENGAGED BY RUSSIAN TORPEDO [BOATS Received Jan. 10, 8.45 p.E. Petrograd, Jan. 10. Our torpedoers engaged the Goeben in the (Black Sea, and then withdrew to the protection of our battleships, which fought the Goeben at long range. The Goeben had the advantage of superior speed and disappeared into the Bosphoru3. ■ " ' ■< GULF OF BOTHNIA FROZEN. STEAMERS ICELOCKED Received Jan. 10, 5.5 p.m. \ Stockholm, Jan. 9. The Gulf of Bothnia is frozen over, and several steamers are ice-locked. THS BARALONG INCIDENT. h Received Jan. 10, 11.30 p.m. Londpn, Jan, 10. The Daily New 3 publishes statements by two Americans of the Nicosiau's crew stating that the Baralong did not fly the American flag after she began firing, and the Baralong's crew did not fire at Germans who were in the water.