THE NAVAL WAR

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17198, 19 June 1916, Page 7

THE NAVAL WAR

THE CQRQHEL. FIGHT. MONUMENT TO REAR-ADMIRAL CRADOCK. MR BALFOUR’S TRIBUTE. By Telegraph—Press' Association—Copyright. (Received Juno 18, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 17. A monument to Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock was unveiled in the York Minster. The cathedral was crowded. After the “Last Post’’ had been sounded at the end of the solemn service, Mr Balfour unveiled a beautiful marble and alabaster memorial. He said:— 1 ‘ Admiral Cradock’s deed was not one of uncalculating daring but it was inspired by a higher wisdom than calculation, and a higher courage than daring. He attacked because he knew that tho German fleet in the Pacific was far from its dockyards where it could refit, and that it had uo friendly bases open. If it suffered damage its power for evil would bo utterly destroyed. Admiral Cradock was unablo to foresee the battle at the Falklands. Ho only knew that the German squadron was a great peril to the Pacific while it remained efficient. Ho judged that his squadron would be well sacrificed if it destroyed the power of the hostile fleet. If lam right in estimating Admiral Oradock’s motives there was never a nobler act, unsuccessful though it was, than the Coronel fight. Admiral Cradock and his comrades have won an immortal place in tho roll of naval heroes who have built the Empire.”

THE BALTIC ACTION. FISHERMEN SAW TWO BOATS SUNK. (Received Juno 18. 5.5 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, June 17. Fishermen at Oxeloesund, four miles south of Nykoping, saw two large German steamers sunk by gunfire on Friday morning. DESTROYER LOST. SUNK IN COLLISION. (Received June 18, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 17. It js officially reported that the destroyer Eden was sunk in a collision in the Channel last night. One officer and thirty men were saved. (The Eden, 555 tons, belonged to the river class of destroyers. She was built in 1903 and had a speed of 26.2 knots. Her complement was seventy.)