ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 April 1916, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

WHERE IS THE BASE? FOR GERMAN SUBMARINE - SUPPLIES. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received April 18, 5.5 p.m, London, April 17. The Times' naval correspondent says that this month the average number of submarine losses works out at about two ships daily, less than one occurring in home waters, and something over one in the Mediterranean. Manifestly the Germans have not to return to home ports to replenish their ammunition and petrol, and it will tax the ingenuity of our seamen to counteract the new campaign,

BRITISH MERCHANT VP! _L. ESCAPES FROM SUBMARINE. Wellington, April 18. The High Commissioner reports from London, under date April 17, 5.40 p.m.: Th'e British merchant vessel Duendes was attacked on March 25 by gunfire, without warning, by a German submarine. The master, Captain Alban Chittenden, by judgment, pluck and skill, succeeded in saving the ship from destruction, although hit nine times. FURTHER DETAILS. London, April 17. The British steamer Duendea escaped a submarine through the captain's skilful handling after being under fire for 2'/> hours. The captain'saw a Scandinavian barque liove-to, and suspected that a submarine was lurking behind her. Twenty minutes later the submarine appeared and fired on the Duendes. Shells struck her nine times and the decks were strewn with shrapnel, but no one waa injured. MORE VICTIMS. London, April 17. The British ship Cardonia has 'been sunk; the Norwegian steamer Musnastabb lias been mined and sunk; and the German steamer Hispania was mined and sunk in the Baltic. All the crews were saved. . MORE VESSELS SUNK. s ■ _____ London, April 17. The British ship Cardonia has been sunk; the Norwegian steamer Musnastabb has been mined and sunk; and the German steamer Hispania was mined and sunk in the Baltic. All'the crews were saved. The Norwegian ship Glendon has been sunk by gunfire, and the British vessel Harrovian has also been sunk. AEROPLANE BOMBARDS ENEMY SHIP. Paris, April 17. On the night of the lath one of our aeroplanes, at a height of 100 metres, fired sixteen sheila at an enemy ship in the North Sea. The majority of them hit their mark. ANOTHER PILL FOR WILSON. Received April 18, 9.50 p.m. Washington, April 18. Two Americans, one of whom was wounded, were aboard the Russian steamer Imperator, bound from the United States to. Marseilles, which official advices say an Austrian submarine shelled without warning.