ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 May 1918, Page 6

ON THE SEA.

BRITISH SUBMARINES IN BALTIC. THREE YEARS' INCESSANT WORK. A FINE RECORD. Received May 18, 5.5 p.m. London, May 17. The Morning 'Post's Petrograd correspondent states that there were never more than nine British submarines in the Baltic, and that there were still seven when the end came. Despite the great amount of close fighting done by tho submarines in the course of three years' incessant work, the Germans captured none and destroyed none. There is not a German harbor in the Baltic where our submarines have not entered tbe channel, creeping under minefields and through the shallowed channels. One submarine destroyed nine Gertnan transports in a single day. It was British submarines that preserved Petrograd last summer.—Press Association. London, May 17. The Admiralty records show that the seven Baltic submarines had done splendid service, including the destruction of three German cruisers, also a number of munition steamers and other cargo boati. In all cases the merchant crews were removed to safety before the vessels weTe torpedoed.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assocation.

SINKING OF AUSTRIAN WARSHIP. A BRILLIANT EPISODE. Rome, May 17. There has been much speculation concerning the methods of sinking the Austrian warship Viribus Unitiß, which is regarded as one of the most brilliant episodes of the war. The comrades of the officer Pellegrini were picked men. Italian hydroplanes supported the party and destroyed two enemy aeroplanes and drove down another. The Italian aeroplanes returned safely.— Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

STEAMER SUNK IN COLLISION London, May 17. Gibraltar reports that the steamer Clan Mackay was sunk on May 11 in a collision.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Absoc. DUTCH VESSELS ATTACKED. The Hague, May 17. The Nieuwe Courant points out that in the last three weeks German seaplanes have attacked three innocent Dutch vessels outside the danger zone. The paper demands that the Government make a protest to Berlin.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.