ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 June 1918, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

THE TORPEDOED BATTLESHIP. Received June H, 1 a.m. Amsterdam, June 13. The Awtrians admit that the 20,000ton battleship Szent Istvan was torpedoed and sunk, and that a hundred officers and men were drowned.—Press Assoc. A NEW DANGER ZONE. Received June 15, 1.55 a.m. New York, June 18. Genniny has declarer! the eastern coast of Mexico to Canada to be a submarine danger zone.—Reuter. AN ARMED STEAMER SUNK. Received June 15, 1.15 a.m. London, June 14. The Admiralty reports that an armed boarding steamer was torpedoed nnd sunk on the f>th. Seven,, including four of the mercantile crew, are missing.— Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Reuter. SUBMARINES AND SHIPPING OUTPUT. Paris, June 13. Sir Eric Geddes, interviewed by the Petit Parisien, said that since January we have sunk more submarines than the enemy has built. We attacked submarines, on an average, seventy times weekly, and base the returns on thosb of which we are sure, having seen them wrecked or secured the crews. Most of the submarines hit urgently need repairs, therefore the results of many attacks are unknown. The damage at Ostend and Zeebrugge XTtkS more extensive than at first supposed. Ostend. since the Vindictive was sunk, has not been used for submarines or destroyer;, which are bottled up at Prugea. Both ports are constantly harried bv aeroplanes. The position of the Allied shipbuilding is most satisfactory.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.