THE SUBMARINES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 16921, 29 July 1915, Page 7

THE SUBMARINES.

VESSELS BURNED. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright AMSTERDAM, .July 27. A German submarine set fire to tl>s Norwegian timber-laden schooner Hav* bo, bound from Christiania to Sunderland!, and gave the crow five minutes to escape. A trawler landted them nt Ymu idem. Tlio schooner’s captain saw three other vessels burning in the vicinity. HAVRE, July 27. Reports confirm the burning of twe Norwegian vessels and one Swedish res* sel, in addition to the Harbo, by a submarine. OTHER VICTIMS. LONDON. July 27. A submarine sank the Hull trawler Honorin in the North Sea. The crew of twelve landed at Kirkwall. COPENHAGEN, July 27. A submarine sank the Danish steamer Nogill. The crew landed at Wilhelmshaven. RAID ON TRAWLERS. FAROE FLEET SHELLED. NINE VESSELS SUNK. LONDON. July 27. A submarine raided the Faroe fishing bank and shelled the trawlers without warning. The submarine’s crew jeered at the fishermen, shouting “We have nico little torpedoes for Churchill and Grey.” It is already known that nine trawlers have been sunk. Their crows were landed aboard other trawlers after forty-five hours in boats in the open: sea. The fate of other trawlers is unknown. LONDON, July 28. A submarine sank the Norwegian steamer Finnreite, bound from Newfoundland to Hull, with iron ore. The crew landed at Stornoway.