ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 May 1916, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

ENCOUNTERS WITH RAIDERS. ■ REMUERA'S EXPERIENCE. Hobart, May 15. The captain of the Remuera reports that in the vicinity of Lisbon he was chased 'by the Moewe.; 'He sent a bogus wireless message giving the position of the Remuera and stating that a suspected ship was following, and the raider made off. He had a similar experience off Monte Video, and escaped the Kronprinz Wilhelm by the same ruse. . ANOTHER SUBMARINE.

THE U7O. London, May 14. Captain Norberg, of the barque Lindfield, describes submarine U7O. It had an emergency surface speed of 25 knots and below the surface could go 15 knots, carried two guns, 600 shells and 40 torpedoes, and was able to be absent from its base 30 to 40 days. When it observed a British destroyer it sank to 10 fathoms in 50 seconds. The air was very good, even after submersion for five hours. LOSSES OF NORWEGIAN VESSELS. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Copenhagen, May 14. In a (press message it is officially stated that 82 Norwegian steamships, totalling 116,038 tons, and 53 sailing ships, totalling 71,378 tons, have been destroyed. The value of torpedoed ships is £3,334,000. , ' FATE OF OVERDUE SHIP.

Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, May 14. Wreckage has been picked up in the Bay of Biscap belonging to the overdue Whitgift, bound to Almeria, on the south toast.of Spain, from Newcastle. LOWESTOFT RAID. . FANTASTIC GERMAN STORY, i • London, May 14. The Cologne Gazette publishes a flamboyant report of the German raid on Lowestoft. It claims that the Germans arrive! at 5 o'clock in the morning, and, after bombarding, proceeded to Yarmouth, where they caused many fires. Enemy ships were sighted at 5.46, and the Germans, abandoning the bombardment of the coast, opened fire on the British cruisers. The latter, realising their inferiority, moved southward, but the German shfells pursued them. Many hits were noted and a. serious fire broke out on the cruiser Penelope. Her funnel was smashed, and it is believed that she was, almost entirely burnt. The Germans also sunk a destroyer. The British ships, thanks to greater speed, were soon out of range, but ran into the arms of the German submarines. The Galatea was torpedoed and also an English submarine.

Within fifteen minutes the whole fight was over, and the German ships, not desiring to wait for the approach of stronger enemy divisions, proceeded eastwards. OFF THE NORWAY COAST. DESTROYERS BRING DOWN A -*■ ZEPPELIN. Received May 15, f1.5 p.m. Copenhagen, May 14. Three British destroyers were observed off the west coast of Norway, pursuing a Zeppelin. Suddenly the Zeppelin was seen to be rapidly descending, and uncontrollable. She was then seen disappearing in a fog a hundred feet above the water. It is believed that she was shot down. A large French flotilla has been observed near the island of Vaage.