THE LAST VOYAGE OF U-BOAT 39

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 196, 8 May 1918, Page 5

THE LAST VOYAGE OF U-BOAT 39

CAUGHT RED-HANDED BY BRITISH

DESTR6YER

AFTER SINKING THREE

STEAMERS

(Kec. May 7, 7.10 p.m.)

London, May 6. luo story is published of D-boat 39, winch sank the steamers Ida, Hnnna Larsen, and Saiiskinch in .February of last year. Otto Ehi-Eiitra.il, who was a- personal friend of I'rinco JJenry of Prussia, commanded. U33. Prince Henry's wifo came to. the pier at Kiel and wished the boat bon voyage. The submarine secured its threo victims within thirty-six hours. Whon fho Ida. stopped after the first round from tho submarine tho latter continued firing. Tho gun%er asked Ehrentraut whether ho would cease firinp. Tho captain said: "Curry on!" i'wonty-iive rounds wero fired. A few hours litter tho submarine fired on another steamer. Her fire vas immediate* ly answered by a British destroyer. 1139 dived, but a depth chargo shook her vilals, and tho water poured through the conning-tower. Tho croir become quitn stricken and the submarine rotso. Tho destroyer then raked her foro and aft. Elircntrant climbed out of tho con-ning-towor, and was preparing to surrender when a shell kilied 1-im.

The submarine was f.till waking spred ion tho surface, so tho destroyer conitinued lo lire. • Three cf tho crow jumped overboard find wore drowned. Tlii'po othors wero killed, nnd several wove wounded. The destroyer then hniled the aubmarino to stop, and this order was complied with, so thn fire ceased. Seventeen survivors wero rescued, nnd also two British prisoners.—Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn. NO HEART IN THE U-BOAT CREWS (Kec. May 7, 7.10 p.m) London, May 0. A. Dutch correspondent states that nruong tho Gorman .submarine men nonno sanguine feeling exists on the result; of the German submarine blockade. Tho men who nro doinsr fltw work aro not imbued with Von Tirpilz's confidence. Tho German public dots not know the number of [uibniarine& which fail to return.— Aus.-N.Z. Cnblo Assn.