THE EMDEN AGAIN.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 203, 1 October 1914, Page 7

THE EMDEN AGAIN.

SINKS FIVE MORE SHIPS. * HER DESTRUCTION REPORTED. LONDON, September 30. 7 "" The Press Bureau states that Owing the last few days the Emden sank in the Intlian Ocean the steamers Tymcric, King Lud, Ribera, and Foyle, also the collier Buresk. The crews were landed in Colombo. Rumours are current -among tea traders that two Japanese cruisers sank the Emden in -the Indian Ocean. INSURANCE RATES UNALTERED. . THE CRUISER'S GOOD FORTUNE. (Received October 1, 9.30 a.m.) ; « LONDON, September 30. Despite the Emden's depredations, I the insurance rates in the open.market are still 40/- per cent., as compared with 42/-, the price quoted by the State Hi* - suranee -Office. The Emden's-bottom is-v known to-be •' (very foul, and it is considered that her " ( -evasion of the searching -vessels has" j been due to good fortune rather than to I ner speed. j The Tymerte was a steel screw-steam-J er of 3:t14 tons, built in 1901 by Rusj sell and Co. at Port Glasgow, and owrf-' cd. by .Messrs Andrew "Weir Co., Glasgow. , "..'.- J The King Lud was a., steel screw ,•- | steamer of «5650 tons, built -in 1900, and {owned by the King Line, Ltd. '*;\ j The Ribera was a steel screw steamer i of 3500 tons, built in 1904J and"" owned j by Messrs ,F. Bolton and Col, of -London.' The Foyle- was a -steel serew- steamer ", I of 4147 tons, burlt in 1902, and, owned jby the Mercantile' S.S. Co., Ltd., of * j London. i The -Buresk was a new steel screw ' steamer' of 3505 tons gross, built last ! year, and owned by Messrs Burdiek and - . j Cook, of London. I The following is a complete list of \ ! the voxels reported to have been captured ;by the Emden. All have been sank with the exception of the Kabinga, which, in . > ballasfV was - sent into-Calcutta with the 'crews of the four first-mentioned, vessels. . ■ Thus this elusive cruiser has caused a 'direct joss to British shipping interet-ts of vessels aggregating 53,126 tons. Vessel Tonnage Indus .. .J -3393 Diplomat .. .. 7615 «•*' Killin .. .. 3544 . „ I Lovat .. .. 6102 j TrabbDch .. •'..'■ 4010 Kabinga ■-.. ).. 4657 Clan Matheson ~y .. 4475 City of Lincoln .. .. 5867 Tymeric .. .. 3314 King Lud .. .. 3650 Ribera .. .. 3500 Foyle .. .. 4147 , Buresk .... 3505 . * I ' . ' ' 57,783,.