SINKING SUBMARINES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 246, 15 October 1917, Page 7

SINKING SUBMARINES.

SEAPLANES SWOOP ON PIRATES j i DESTROYERS SINK TWO. iFrom Our Special Correspondent.) LONDON", October 7. ' X"to British seaplanes, in the North | sighted a submarine travelling at v knots, and scooped down like kes- j trek to eight hundred feet. The leadins machine dropped a bomb, j inch burst on tho starboard side of the •-'*nariae, between the stern and the ensuing tower. The submarine reeled e i oT ly, a_d then the bow rose in the "jr. and it began to sink. j Tic second aeroplane dropped a bomb gkjcl burst in front of the eonn.ngtower, and finally a third aeroplane utee'ed round and dropped a third bomb. The submarine sank without leaving a survivor. ' Another patrolling se-iplane overheard ' , hostile wireless, and shortly after lighted a large submarine ou the sur••j~-« a miie a head. Flying at 80 miles j S hour, it whizzed over the enemy and released a bomb. Xie submarine replied with a gun. of ' vhici tne shell burst fifty feet from the seaplane. As the latter turned it "drooped anothtr bomb and to.c a great rent*in .he submarine", hull. ' Three more hostile submarines were ■ then sighted, with three destroyers an J ;tvo seaplanes. Al' tired upon the Britisher, who turned and dropped another j bc_b. The submarine sank, leaving nnt-a oil and wreckage. j A? the bombs were exhausted, the I seaptae returned after photographing j •it sinking submarine and its would be aTenger-. I A division of destroyers patrolling I the North Sea sighted a large submarine three miles off. and went at full speed in its direct'e-n. The submarine promptly dived. The destroyers were ' „ qaick that ihe leading boat reached the spot before the swirling of the dive Hi tie ) "A destroyer dropped an explosive .charge, which blew a large dark object to the surface, which promptly sank. A second destroyer then dropped her l charges, which covered the surface with ' snail pieces of wreckage and oil. Another force of destroyers, in company with light cruisers, sighted a small sail on the horizon a» dawn. A destroyer recognised this as a submarine. seven miles distant. The destroyer ! altered it 3 course, and the sail vanished. I IU conning tower was seen as it dived. ! Jive minutes later the submarine raised ! its perscope to look out, and submerged uithin ten seconds. This was enousrh. to ! betray it 3 whereabouts, and the" destroyer went at full speed to the spot. Tne submarine's bows sudclenlv broke the surface, presumably inadvertently, half a mile away, and the destroyer "opened fas. The submarine's bow dipped, and stern arose, showing the conning tower and a large vertical rudder. Midway befxeen these the destroyer rammed, goin» thirty knots. The enemy sank vertically t_b!ing up like a gigantic emnty bottle* for i hundred fathoms. " " "