BATTLESHIP SUNK

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2976, 13 January 1917, Page 9

BATTLESHIP SUNK

IN THE MEDITERRANEAN Tile High Commissioner reports':— London, January 11. 1.15 p.m. Admiralty report:—H.M.S. Cornwallis was submarined and sunk in tho Mediterranean on Tuesday. Thirteen aro missing. [Tlie battleship Cornwallis,. 14,000 tons, was completed in 1904. She carried four 12in. guns, twelve 6in., ten 12-pr., and two 3pr. Her complementwas 750. Her speed was only 18.9 knots.] seaplaneTarrier lost London, January 11. The seaplane carrier Ben-my-Chree was sunk bv gunfire in Kastelorizo Harbour, Asia Minor, to-day. One officer and four men wero wounded. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn-Reuter. THE SUBMARINE MENACE (Rcc. January 12, 8.55 p.m.) London, January 11. Sir John Jcllicoo, First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, acknowledging the Freedom of tho Fishmongers' Company, said the submarine menace was now far greater than at any period of the war, requiring tho utmost energy to overcome. It must and could bo dealt with. The nation could depend on the Navy being ever ready, resourceful, and ' reliable. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable AssnV SPANISH REPRISALS Madrfd, January 11. Senor Alvarez, Leader of the Reform Party, advocates that, as a reprisal for the German submarining of Spanish vessels, tho Spanish Government should place an embargo on German vessels which have sought refuge in Spanish ports, and cut off the grants enjoyed by thousands of strangers that Spain is generously sheltering.—Aus.N.Z. 'Cable Assn.