THE SUBMARINES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 16805, 15 March 1915, Page 7

THE SUBMARINES.

GERMAN LOSSES. ELEVEN CRAFT MISSING. By Telegraph—Prees Association —Copyright. LONDON, March 12. • A message to the “Daily Mail” from Copenhagen states that it is l-e----ported in German naval circles that eleven submarines have been lost since February 18. 'Hie loss of four is officially admitted, and seven have been missing for three weeks.

A RUSE THAT FAILED. LONDON, March 12. Passengers by the steamer Great Southern, Ixmnd from Rossdale to Fishguard, noticed a two-funnelled steamer endeavouring to head her off. The steadier then flew signals of distress.

Meanwhile a German submarine appeared, but the Great Southern escaped at high speed, while the decoy steamer sailed away.

ADMIRALTY AUXILIARY SUNK. ONE HUNDRED AND NINETYFOUR MEN MISSING. (Received March 14, 4 p.m.) LONDON. March 13. The Admiralty auxiliary Bayono was sunk on the west coast. Probably she was torpedoed. Twenty-six ol the crew were saved and 194 are missing, including the commander and thirteen officers. The steamer Castlereagh passed wreckage and life-belted bodies on Thursday morning and searched for Survivors. A submarine chased her for twenty minutes. Survivors state that it was pitch dark when the Bayano was struck off Corsewnll Point. She sank in a few minutes. 'Many of the crew were asleep. There was no panic. Everyone went to his post. Some boats wero cut away but were smashed in the descent. Captain Carr said io a sailor who was giving out lifebelts: “Good lad! Saye yourself.” .He stood on the bridge cool and collected. As the ship went down the bulk of the men were drawn into the vortex. The steamer Balmarino rescued eighteen men, who were. exhausted after having been four hours in the water, some clinging to an upturned boat and others to rafts.

The patrol ship Tara rescued eight,

HURRIED CONSTRUCTION.

SUBMARINE-BUILDING AT ANTWERP. (Received March 15, 12.15 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, March 14.

The “Telegraaf” says that Reuter confirms the report that five hundred workmen are hurriedly building submarines at Antwerp.

RAIDS SINCE MARCH 10. THE ADMIRALTY’S REPORT. (Received Maxell 15, 1.30 a.m.) LONDON, March 14. 'Hie Admiralty states that the following British merchantmen have been attacked by submarines since March 10: Adenjen, in the Channel, on March 11: towed to Cherbourg. Floraan n, at the mouth of the Bristol Channel, on March 11. Sinking unconfirmed. The crew landed except one fireman. t Headlands, not sunk; Indian City sunk: Andalusian, sinking unconfirmed ; all off the Scillys, on March 12. All the crews are reported to have been saved. Hartdale and Soutlirock, in the Irish Channel, on March 13j not sunk. Two drowned and twenty-nine saved. Invergyle, off Creswell, on March 13; sunk. All saved. NOTHING SUPPRESSED. 14 Times ” and Sydney 44 Sun" Services. LONDON, March 13. In the House of Commons Dr Macn a mar a said that even.' loss °f the British mercantile marine was published. Nothing was suppressed. REPLY TO GERMAN CHARGE, Hie Primo Minister has received the following message from the High Commissioner : LONDON, March 12. An Admiralty announcement states: ■ H.M.S. Vanduara, an auxiliary armed vessel, engaged a German submarine in the Irish Sea on February 1. The German Government allege that she showed no colours before firing. The Commanding Officer of the Vanduara reported at the time, “ I was flying no colours, but hoisted the white ensign before opening fire.” As fire opened at about three thousand yards and the vacht altered her course to bring her bows on the submarine, which submerged when two thousand yards away, it is clear that there could be no justification for a positive statement on the part of the officer of the submarine.