ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 December 1916, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

A SENSATIONAL STATEMENT. I'OSSIHLY TWO GERMAN WAR SHIPS TORPEDOED. Received Dec. 20, 1,5 a.m. London, The Daily Chronu-lo's Amsterdam correspondent states that, the German warship which the British submarine torpedoed a lew weekr ago was either the Grosser Kurfurst or the Von tier Tun. It is even possible "that both vessel-; were struck, as in the interval between .the shots the submarine commander may have mistaken the second vessel in tht darkness (or the first. Immediately afterwards the majority of the erew of botli vessels had a ions spell of shore leave.

FRENCH TRANSPORT TORPEDOED. XO LIVES LOST. Renter Service, deceived Dec. Ift, 11 p.u;. Amsterdam, Dee. Ift. A Berlin message reports the torpedoing of the French troopship Magellan, t>o»(> tons, with a thousand aboard. A Marseilles telegram states that everyone Was rescued. -N AVAL /STRENGTH "DOUBLED. J London, Dee. IS. Mr. Runciman, 111 his speech at Batley. said the navy had nearly doubled u strength since the war began, MORE SUBMAEIXIXGS. London, Dee. JR. The sinkings consist of the Danish vessel Michael Onthohoiikoff and (he l'r.tish vessel Constance Mary. The Anerican schooner Marcus Urann was abandoned waterlogged. Three of the er-'W were saved; the remainder were drowned.

GERMAN LINER ASHORE. BOLD ATTEMPT TO REACH KIEL. Received Dee. 20, 12.50 a.m. Christiania, 1/ec. Ifl. The Prinz I'rcdrich Wilhelm, 17,000 tons, is aground at. Kattegat. She was touring tiu? North Cape, and was out at sea when war was declared, and she reached Stavanger and loaded a cargo of wood. She lay in tin? harbor for two years, until a Zeppelin on Thursday signalled the liner to leave Stavanger and sail for Kiel, accompanied by the Zeppelin and two submarines. During the voyage destroyers attempted to make a capture, lint the liner was inside. Norwegian territorial waters. On tile liner attempting to pass the Little Pelt in a heavy snowstorm, she ran ierv hard ashore south of Samsoe.

Danish terpedoers were summoned to the liner's «--ti-stance, and they are guarding the sccr.e of the m;-l:ap. Sal vagers failed to pull the ship oil'. The cargo is valued at '20,000.030 marks. EMPTY HORSE TRANSPORT SUN;;, Received Dec. 111, 11.3) p.m. London, Dec. Ifl. The Admiralty reports that' an empty West-bound British horse transport steamer (the Russian) was submarined and sunk in the Mediterranean on Dtcember 14. Elevc-n of the crew and 17 American muleteers were killed. Received Dee. 20. 12,.",0 a.m. New York, Dec. 10. The submarined steamer Russian left Newport News on 17th November, with a cargo of horses for Alexandria, and had a crew of 120.