ON THE SEAS.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15561, 10 April 1916, Page 7

ON THE SEAS.

THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN. MORE SHIPS SUNK. SEVENTEEN LIVES LOST. (Lsy Cubic.—Press Association. —Copyright) LONDON. April 7. Lloyd's reports that the P. and 0. steamer Simla was Mink in the Mediterranean. Eleven Lascars were drowned. The remainder of the crew were saved. The steamer Vesuvio. which was proceeding from the Mediterranean to London, was torpedoed in the Channel. The captain and live of the crew perished. Three others were injured. The Simla was one of the smallest and oldest of the steamers of the Peninsular and Orient Steam Navigation Co.'s fleet. She was a steamer of SSS4 tons gross register, built in 1594, by Messrs Caird and Co!. Ltd., at Greenock. The Vesuvio was a cargo steamer of 5459 tons gross register, built in 1014 at Spezia. and owned by the Italian General Navigation Company of Genoa. TWO FKESII VICTIMS. NINE FIREMEN KILLED. (Received April 9tli. ]1 p.m.) LONDON. April 9. The steamer Brauntdn was blown up. 'Die crew were saved. The steamer Chantlca (?) was sunk. Nine firemen were killed. The Braunton was a cargo steamer of 4575 tons gross register, built in 1911, and owned by Messrs \\ . «7. Tatcm, Ltd., of Cardiff. The Braunton may have been destroyed by a miue. The "Chantlca" may have been the Chantaln. a steamer of 4951 tons gross register, built in 1913, and owned by j the British-India Steam Navigation | Company, Ltd.

"FREEDOM OF THE SEAS." DANISH STEAMER SUNIv. SWEDISH SHIP SEIZED. (Received April 9th. 5.5 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, April 8. The Danisli steamer Stjerneborg was torpedoed and sunk outside Cagliari (Sardinia). Tho crew were saved. Tho Stjerneborg was a cargo steamer of 1592 tons gross register, built in 1903 and owned by tho Dannebrog Steamship Co., Ltd. (C. Iv. Hansen, of Copenhagen). COPENHAGEN, April 7. A German destroyer captured the Swedish steamer Vega, which was bound from Stockholm to Copenhagen.^ Sweden has demanded the release oi the ship. The Vega is a small steamer of 1073 tons gross register, built in ]9115. and owned by Mr H. Blomberg. of Stockholm.

THE SUSSEX DISASTER. GERMANY DENIES GUILT. UNITED STATES' DILEMMA. (Received Airil 9tli, 0.0 p.m.) WASHINGTON. April 8. The Gorman Government officially announce? that no German warship or submarine sank the Sussex. The State Department is inclined to hold that the United states must now prove whether a German ship torpedoed the Sussex Lcfore further action can be taken. CAPTURED SUBMARINES. A SHEER INVENTION. (Received Anril 9th, 0.0 p.m.) " LONDON, April 8. The Admiralty deny as a "sheer invention 1 ' the story of a Dutch, shipmaster published in Dutch newspapers that ho raw captured Gorman submarines in the Thames, under'the command of British officers. The story that captured' German submarines were being used by tne British nava! authorities has been current for some time. It was alleged last year that they wore being employed in tho Baltic. The reason for the Admiralty's denial is obvicus in view of the recent German allegation that the Tubantia .Mid other neutral 6hips wore sunk by the British.

FRENCH SUBMARINE SUCCESS. AUSTRIAN TRANSPORT SUNK. (Received April 9th. 11 p.m.) PARIS, April 9. It is reported that a French submarine Bank an Austrian transport in the Adriatic. THE BLOCKADE. A DUTCH REQUEST. ("Times" ar.d "Svdr.ev Sun" Services.) LOjNjJON, April 7. The Dutch Government has requested Britain to return securities and coupons seized on board Dutch vessels.