U-BOAT PIRACY

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2966, 3 January 1917, Page 5

U-BOAT PIRACY

DANISH STEAMER SUNK London, January 1. The Danish steamer Danmark, 1875 tons, was torpedoed. Twenty-four of those on board were saved.—Aus.-N.7i. Cable Assn. FFfiHT VBMI7?? QfiNlf Lluiu VEMISLd aUlm (Rec. January 2, 8.15 p.m.) London, 'January 1. The British steamer Apsley Hall, the Russiau steamer Tuskar, and the Norwegian steamer Esda. have been sunk. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asan. - (Rec. January 2, 8.30 p.m.) London, January 2. • The British steamer Protector (200 ton's), the Norwegian steamers Eva (1174 tons) and Flora (1032 tons), the Greek steamer Demetrios Inglessis (2088 tons), and the Russian schooner i Seedonis (281 tons) have been sunk.— j "Tho Times." CRUISER GAULOIS < LOST IN THE MEDITERRANEAN London, January 1. The cruiser lost in the Mediterranean was the Gaulois (11,105 tons, four 12-inch, ten 5.5-inch, eight . 4-inch guns).—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [According to a previous report a cruiser was sunk in the Mediterranean on December 27, and four lives were lost, two being killed by the explosion. The Gaulojs was completed in 189.9.1 . LESSONS OF THE WAR WHAT NAVAL CRITICS THINK Paris, January 1. In view of the loss of the fifth French battleship during the war, naval critics contend that the armourplating of warships under the waterline is inadequate. Otherwise it would not be easy to sink them. They also contend that t]iG watertight compartments must be made smaller.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. . .