FIGHTS AT SEA AND THEIR REWARDS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3027, 14 March 1917, Page 8

FIGHTS AT SEA AND THEIR REWARDS

RECORD OF A BUSY YEAR I\ THE PRIZE COURT. L

■Ihe British Prize Court—tho Court unt r - I' 10 , Presidency of Sir Samuel Evans which distributes among the officers ami crews of such of H.M. ships of war ae are actually present at the destruction of enemy armed ships bounty calculated at the rate of .£5 for each person on board the enemy ship at the beginninj; of the engagement-has just concluded a very busy year. Between March' 27 and December 31 claims were heard for the destruction of 23 enemy ehipu, and awards totalling were made. In this period 8187 officers and men were aboard the enemy ehips sent to the bottom. While it does not by any means exhaust the casualties suffered by the enemv at the instance of the Navy, the following list shows some of the more important losses which have been dealt with bv- (lie Court:— .Four Gorman warships sunk in Falkland Islands battle br British warships .". jCl2,ieo Three Turkish war vessels in Sea of Marmora and Dardanelles by Ell 4 33Q Turkish battleship in Dardanelles bj 81l 3,500 German cruiser Prinz Adalbert sunk in Baltio by ES 3,000 German auxiliary cruiser Kaiser

Willielni der Grosse, sunk by ' H.M.S. Highflyer in the Atlantic 2,580 German armed cruiser Cap Trafalgar, sunk off East Coast Amerioa by British auxiliary ship Coamania 2,115 German cruiser Emden, sunk by H.M.S. cruiser Sydney on North Keeling Island :.: 1,935 German armed vessel Greif, sunk by H.M.S. Alcantara and Andes in North Sea 1,605 German cruiser Undine, sunk in' Baltic l>y El 9 1,410 Four German torppdo boats sunk by British torpedo-bouts Lance. Legion, Loyal, and Lennox and cruiser Umlaunted in North Spa 1,400 German cruiser Hela, sunk in North Sea by ES 1,050 Gorman fleet auxiliary ship in North Sea. by E5 1,000 H.M.S. Yarmouth, for rescuins Greek steamer Pontiiporus from German cruis-

•r Emden (salvage awarded), j;7,3,13,