GERMAN CRUISER TORPEDOED

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2911, 25 October 1916, Page 5

GERMAN CRUISER TORPEDOED

LIMPS BACK TO PORT (Renter's T«lejrram.) Amsterdam, October 23. A semi-official message from Berlin asserts that the small cruiser Munchen, 3200 tons, was torpedoed by a British submarine and returned to port slightly damaged. [The High Commissioner reported on Monday: A British submarine torpedoed a German cruiser of the Kolberg class (third-class cruiser, 4232 tons, twelve 4.1-inch guns) on Thursday. The latter vanished homeward in evident difficulties.] PIRATES' CRUSADE ON NEUTRAL SHIPPING TWELVE SCANDINAVIAN VESSELS TORPEDOED. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. London, October 23. Tho latest reports are that five Swedish, seven Norwegian, and sis British vessels were submarined and sunk at the week-end. LATEST RAIDS ON NEUTRALS. (Eeuter's Telegram.) (Rcc. October, 24, 5.5 p.m.) London, October 23. The following steamers have bean sunk: — Norwegian—Rabbi, .878 tons; Rosoy, and Drafu. Greek—Aris and George, M. Embiricos, 3636 tons. Dutch. —Fortuna, 1254 tons. Danish. —Hobo, and also a Danish schooner. Swedish.—A barquentine. Twolvo of the Embiricos's crew are missing, and it is feared that sixteen, of the Fortuua's men aro drowned. The Donaldson' liner Cabotia, 4309 tons, is believed to have been sunk. THE DEIITSCHLAND'S VOYAGE HURRIED DIVE TO-EVADE OUR. DESTROYERS. New York, October 23. 15 Commander Koonig, describing the Deutchland's trip in a messago to the "New York American," says: "Early in tho morning I saw the British destroyers and ordered the engineer to submerge. The submarine dived so steep that we went down at an angle of 36 degrees and dug our bows in the mud at the bottom. Tho bows held fast and the stern was swinging violently, back and forth. As tho water was shallow I was afraid the stern would be visible. Tho ship's aft tanks wero quickly flooded, but the bows wero so deep in the mud that she only returned to the horizontal slowly. I had to do mucb. manoeuvring before the bows were releastd and we were ablo to continue our voyage."