AUXILIARY CRUISER SUNK BY SUBMARINE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 63, 15 March 1915, Page 5

AUXILIARY CRUISER SUNK BY SUBMARINE.

TORPEDOED OFF WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND. TWENTY-SIX SAVED AND 104 DROWNED. LONDON, March 14. The Admiralty reports that the auxiliary cruiser Bayano was sunk off the west coast of Scotland, probably by an enemy's torpedo. Twenty-six of the crew were saved, and 194 arc missing,* including Commander Henry C. C'arr and 13 officers. The steamer Castlereagh, on Thursday morning, passed wreckage and bodies around which lifebelts had been fastened. She searched for survivors, but a submarine chased her for 20 minutes. Survivors state that it was pitch dark when the Bayano was struck off Coraewall Point. She sank in a few minutes. Many of those on board were asleep at the time. There was no panic, and everyone went to his post. Some of the boats were cut away, but were smashed in the descent. Commander C'arr said to a sailor who was giving out lifebelts: "Good lad; save yourself." He stood on the bridge, cool and collected, as, the ship went down. The bulk of the men were drawn into the vortex. The steamer Balmarino rescued 18 men. They were exhausted after four hours in the water. Some were clinging to an upturned boat, while others were on rafts. The patrol ship Tara rescued eight. BAYANO ENGAGED IN PATROL WORK. SUBMARINE CHASES RESCUING VESSEL. WELLINGTON, March 14. The Prime Minister has received the following cablegram from the High Commissioner in London, dated March 14: The Admiralty reports the loss of the auxiliary cruiser Bayano, while engaged in patrol duty. The wreckage of the vessel and bodies of her crew were discovered on Thursday under circumstances which point to her having been sunk by an enemy's torpedo. Twenty-six officers and men were landed by the auxiliary patrol Tara, and the steamship Balmarino. It is probable that all the remainder of the crew were lost. The captain of the steamship Castlereagh states that lie passed on Thursday morning through wreckage and dead bodies floating in lifebelts. His search for survivors was prevented by an enemy submarine, which chased his vessel for 20 minutes. The Bayano, a steel twin-screw steamer of 5,048 tons, was built at Glasgow txyo years ago, and was commissioned as an auxiliary cruiser on November 17, with the following officers:—Commander, Henry C." C'arr; Lieut.-Commander, Kenneth A. F. Guy; lieutenant. Bernard Dunphy; chief engineer, Harold E. Williams; senior engineer, Charles Jones; engineer, Edward \V. G. Humble; surgeon, Kenneth H. Hole; sublieutenants. Krnest A. Brown, Alexander C. Davison, Arthur C. Bruttan, John Huddy, and Charles E. Sims; assistant-pay-master, in charge, Dudley C. Chorley; gunner, Richard Harrison; midshipmen, H B. Gough, Leslie F. Bailey, Henry A. Wright, and Ccorgf C. H. Xoakcs The point where she was torpedoed lies twelve miles to the north of Uostpatrick.