ON THE SEAS.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15453, 4 December 1915, Page 12

ON THE SEAS.

THE SUBMARINE vvL. CAMPAIGN. THE SOVEMBEU. FIGURES. ' HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON. December 2. Tho Board of Trade estimates that German submarines during November sank twenty steamers, totalling 48,500 tons. The loss of life included 370 in tho transport Rainazan, and IG7 in tho Marquette. Eleven steamers, aggregating 5300 tons, were sunk by mines. Lloyd's report tho sinking of tho steamers Colenso. and tho Orango Prince. The crew of the Colenso havo arrived at Malta. The Colenso was a steamer of 3861 tona gross register built in 1900, and owned by Messrs T. Wilson, Sons and Co.. Ltd., of London. The Orange Prince was a steamer of 3583 tons gross register, built in 1894, and owned by the Prince Line. Ltd., of Newcastl&-on-Tyne.

SUBMARINE REPORTED SUNK. "WASHINGTON. December 2. Captain Glasson, of the British steamer Inverkip. which has arrived at Newport News, Virginia, reports having accidentally sunk a submerged submarine in the Straits of Gibraltar when he was outward bound. The Inverkip has been dry-docked for repairs. STATE-OWNED STEAMERS. FRENCH GOVERNMENT'S ACTION. (Received December 3rd, 8.40 p.m.) PARIS, December 3. The Government has introduced a Bill providing for the purchase of fifty merchant steamers to combat the high freights on foodstuffs and other necessaries.