HOW THE U-BOATS ARE BOMBED

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 237, 25 June 1918, Page 6

HOW THE U-BOATS ARE BOMBED

SEAPLANE SUCCESSES. When a submarine meets a seaplano the lattor generally gets the best of matters. A British seaplane, while .patrolling the Channel, sighted a U-boat travelling on the surface at low speed. The submarine started to dive; but before sho could get quite under the seaplane wan upon her and dropped a couple of bombs, which crumpled up her conning-tower and periscope. Two other bombs were dropped, and tho submarine disappeared, leaving on the surface indications that she had been destroyed.

In hazy weather quite recently a large British seaplane encountered a 'big TJboat on the deck of which a man was standing at a gun. Flying directly overhead, the seaplane dropped a bomb and at the same timo took a photograph which, when developed, showed that tho bomb had ripped a large hole in the Üboat's deck. Gun flashes were now noticed in the mist, out of which came three more U-boats and three German destroyers. All made for the damaged (submarine, tiring h?avily upon the seaplane as they approached her. Then a couple of German seaplanes turned up and joined in ,tko fray. But the British machine was not to be driven off. It continued bombing the submarine until the latter was sunk. By the time this happened the sennlane had exhausted all its projectiles. Having no further means of continuing the light, the seaplane wirelessed back a message giving the location of the enemy's flotilla and theu sped away safely home. Two British seaplanes snotted a large U-boat on the surface and dived to attack her. The first mnchine drooped a bomb which struck the submarine oji the side, causing her to heel over and begin to sink. The second machine then bombed the IJ-boat by her conningtower, and the pair together continued pelting the pirate with projectiles until satisfied thatt she had been destroyed, On another occasion a British seaplane dived from over KlOOft.. and dropped a JjomTf plump upon a very largo German submarine, which at- once turned over and sank.