SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.
• SKIPPING LOSSES KEPT DOWN. TRAFFIC SHOWS DECLINE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and .. , Beuter. LONDON, October 17. The Admiralty' supplies the following figures of shipping for the week as relating to submarines, which compare with the previous week as shown:— Oct. 6. Oct. 13. Arrivals for week ~ 2,519 2,124 Departures for week ... 2,632 2,094 Vessels over 1,600 tons sunk 14 12 /Vessels under 1,600 ton 3 sunk 2 6 "Unsuccessfully attacked 3 5 The Italian arrivals for the week totalled 315, and the departures 328. Four steam- ' era under 1,500 tons were sunk, and two vessels unsuccessfully attacked. 'CHRISTIANIA, October 17. The Themis, 7,402 tons, Norway's largest steamer, was torpedoed in the Mediterranean Sea, and a sailing vessel, the Bethel, was sunk in the North. Sea. The crews of both are missing.
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Evening Star, Issue 16559, 19 October 1917, Page 3
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