ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 March 1917, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

moewe'S Alleged haul TWENTY-SEVEN VESSELS. Received March 24, 7 p.m. Berlin, March 23. The United 'Press correspondent reports that the Moewe brought 593 prisoners, and Count Dohena, the commander reported sinking 27 vessels. )' TWO SHIPS BLOWN UP. t 1500 PEOPLE KILLED. ) Received March 24, 7 p.m. : London, March 23. A British steamer from Archangel 'o--1 ccntly reports that two steamers blew . up there, killing 1500 people, presumably . the outcome of a German plot. [This news is confirmed by "a. cable from New York.] SHIPPING STATISTICS. .(A. & N.Z. Cable Association & RcitfM). London, March 'A A French official report says that, for the week ended March 18 the arrivals of merchantmen of over 1&0 tons, excluding fishiftg craft, were 020 and the departures 914. The French vessels . sunk were six over 1600 tons and six uiHf"- 1(100 tons. MOEWE'S VICTIMS P London, March 2.1. r Admiralty information circulated by r the German wireless press shows that in < t addition to the ships sunk and captured { by the Moewe in the communique of j January 17, the following have also been sunk:—British and French: .Prince EdB die, Brecknockshire, Rhodanthe, Katherine Esmeraldas, Otaki, Demeteron, Gov- . ernor Jean; and the Norwegian Staut. a It is announced that the St. Theodore, previously cabled as the Defeddig, was sunk. Some of the above-named had been uninsurable for weeks past. Others had only recently sailed. GERMAN ESTIMATE OF ALLIES' LOSSES. New York, March 23. A Berlin message states that the Entente's losses in warships, including aux--1 iliaries, since the beginning of the war, total 850,000 tons.