ON THE SEAS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 275, 6 November 1916, Page 5

ON THE SEAS.

SOUTH AMERICAN DREADNOUGHTS. [AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN.] Santiago, Nov. 4. Great Britain is giving Chile five American built submarines in compensation for delays in the delivery of Dreadnoughts contracted for Chile in England. j MANY SHIPWRECKS. I IN IRISH SEA AND BRISTOL CHANNEL. [AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN.] London, Nov. 4. The wreckage of five ships was washed ashore in the Bristol Channel. Shortly after leaving Greenore for Holyhead in a heavy gale the Northwestern Railway Company’s steamer Connemara (1106 tons) collided with the steamer Retriever outside Carlingford bar. , Both sank. Only one survivor is yet reported. Many bodies were washed ashore on the County Down i coafit. | The Cannemara carried 51 passen- ; gers and 30 of a crew. li is believed ' that all perished. The whole of the Retriever’s crew with one exception were drowned. It was impossible to launch boats owing to the hurricane. The sole suvivor of the Retriever, a seaman, drifted ashore on an upturned boat. He states that the Retriever became unmanageable in the gale and rammed the Connemara. ; The latter had a large cargo of horses and cattle. ! Forty-three bodies have been re- : covered.

I LOSS OF THE GENISTA.

i [AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN.] 1 (Received 6, 11.10 a.m.) * The Admiralty states that the ■ German naval report on November ‘ 4th of the sinking of a small English cruiser off the west coast of Ire- , land on the 23rd of October evidently’ refers to the Genista, officially reported lost on the 2nd of October. I [A cable on October 28th stated ; the mine sweeper Ganista had been /' sunk. Al Ithe officers and 73 men i were lost, while 12 were saved.] I THE DEUTSCHLAND. : RETURNS UNDER CONVOY. (REUTER’S TELEGRAMS , New York, Nov. 5. The Captain of the Deutschland announces that submarine U 57 is expected to convoy the Deutschland back to Germany. U 57 WILL EMULATE U 53. [REUTER’S TELEGRAMS. > New York, Nov. 5. The New York Evening Mail says a w-ar submarine left Kiel soon after the Deutschland, and is due within a week. It will operate like the U 56 in the vicinity of Nantucket. NEUTRAL LOSSES DURING THE WAR. NORWAY THE BIGGEST SUFFERER. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS London, Nov. 5. During the war period the Germans have sunk neutral vessels to the extent of 421,333 gross tonnage, I the chief sufferers being 168 Norwegians, 42,779 tons; 38 Danish 37,234 tons ; 18 Dutch 54,914 tons. RUSSIA LAYS ANOTHER MINEFIELD. (Received 6, 9.50 a.m.) Etockholm, Nov. 5. Russia informs Sweden of her in- ! tention to lay another minefield in the Aaland Sea, near Swedish territorial waters.