THE NAVAL WAR.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17702, 31 January 1918, Page 5

THE NAVAL WAR.

DARDANELLES FIGHT.

THE GOEBEN. A, and N.Z. Cable Association and Reutef. LONDON, January 29. The Admiralty states that despite bad weather during tho course of several raids, bombs were dropped on tho Goeben and gun positions at Gaba Tepe. The position of the ship was unchanged yesterday at noon. (A message received early this morning said: —A German official message says:—The Goeben has been refloated and has entered the Dardanelles.) A. and N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter. (Received January 31, 1-35 a-m.) LONDON, January 30. The Admiralty reports:—A reconnaissance on Sunday at midnight showed that the Goeben was no longer ashore at N a gar a Paint.

TURKISH CLAIMS. . Router's Telegrams. AMSTERDAM, January 29. A telegram from Constantinople claims that tho Goeben is quite fit. tor service. The aerial attacks inflicted only unimportant damage to the funnel and armoured plating. THE ANDANIA-’-VESSEL REACHES PORT. LONDON, January 29. Tlie Cunarder Andania has been ton ed into a port in the north of Ireland. (A message received yesterday said: Tlie “ Irish Daily Telegraph ” states that the Cunarder Andania, rvitli forty passengers and two huundred of a crew, was torpedoed on the Ulster coast. The ship was abandoned, and all the hands were picked up. The liner did not tlink, and it is hoped that she will! be brought into port.) Reuter’s Telegrams. (Received January 31, 12-50 a.m.) LONDON, January 30It is officially confirmed that the Andania sank, apparently while being towed to port, THE LINER SINKS. LONDON, January 29. The Ardania sank on Sunday night. TORPEDOED. . MORE VICTIMS. PARIS, January 29. The Drome was mined and sunk near Marseilles, and also a trawler. Forty lives were lost. There were passengers aboard tho Drome. CITY OF CORK SUNK. MANY CASUALTIES. LONDON, January 29Tlie City of 'Cork had forty-two passengers and crew aboard when a torpedo exploded in the engine-room. Tlie vessel immediately broke in two and sank in four minutes. Twenty-four persons scrambled into boats. THE CONVOY SYSTEM. RESULTS TO JANUARY 19. ■(Received January 31, 12.50 a.m.) LONDON, January 30. Sir Leo Chiozza Money said that the ocean convoy system for ships had proved satisfactory. Fourteen million gross tonnage had been convoyed up \<> January 19, and the loss had been equivalent to 1.44 per cent. TORPEDOER SUNK. COLLISION IN CHANNEL. (Received January 31, 1-35 a.m.) LONDON, January 30. The Admiralty reports:— Tlie torpedo-boat Hazard was sunk in the English Channel on January 29 as the result of a collision. Three lives were lost. ESCORT VESSEL STRUCK. A. and N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter. (Received January 31, 1.35 a.m.) LONDON, January 30. The Admiralty reports:— Tho armed escort vessel Mechanician was torpedoed and subsequently stranded in. tho English Channel on January 20, and is a total wreck. Thirteen lives were lost.