THE PIRATE WAR
AMERICA'S FIRST SUBMARINE CHASER FILLING THE GAPS IN THE MERCHANT FLEETS Washington, May 13. The first submarine-chaser, 110 ft. long, has been launched, fivo weeks after the keel was laid. The Shipping Board expects that a thousand steol and wooden ships, aggregating tlireo million tons, will bo completed in eighteen months.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Copenhagen, May 14. There is evidence that Germany is in possession of a wireless telegraph baso on tho coast of Norway or thereabouts, and that it is utilised for the benefit of submarines.—Renter. .GERMAN REPORT DENIED ALLEGED DAMAGE TO A BRITISH CRUISER. (Rec. May 15, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 14. A German official report asserts that tho British cruiser Cordelia was mined and badly damaged between Englaim and Scotland, and towed to Barrow. The' Press Bureau states that the, report is untrue.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.Reuter.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3085, 16 May 1917, Page 5
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