U, BOAT LOSSES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 848, 27 October 1923, Page 10

U, BOAT LOSSES.

GERMAN CASUALTIES. FIRST AUTHENTIC NEWS. One hundred .fi-pd seventy-eight German submarines were ‘‘lost in action” during the war, according to qn official report just rppeiyed by"the Afatericap, Navy Department, ’ v Thq loss in pjAsopnel is; given as 5?, 64, of whon? 515 tyefb ompgi'S. These figures arq by Apievpji officials to be tfie first authenticJpfonpakm on this subject tq, fie ofituinpcl.' |\i.uf years' were pousuiped, the aptiior of tfie report assents, in cheekingm nifiiuhers of the Gepan Admiralty lyfio hud charge pf uudevsmt q-alt. Depth efiafges uppaupted for 3/ stjbhiariiios, fixed .lumesfor 36, fights with ouemy suhnlaruies 20, engine and other trqublp |4, tfirpedp spb-chasers 13, accidental ramming eight, arpied fishing craft sjx, aupliine *\h. a »4 wanne nets six. ' 'Oenty-onp mjbmarines wepc demolishpd or othemyise disposed pt to prpyent their c'apturp, by tfie enemy. Three w m shnlt by I'pgiilur patrol vessels pf tfie enemy, three fiy arpiod auxiliaries, two by cruisers, and two by artillery fire from the shprp. Qne was sunk by A liner at the .entrance to the British main base, of Scana plow, the famous U-2Q, under Captain WeddigenA chart appompanying the report shows that 56 of the undersea boats were lost in the English Channel, 26 in the Nof th Sea, 16 in the Mediterranean, 16 off tho east coast of England, 12 off the Butch coast, three near Heligoland, 1 two in Scapa Flow, and the remainder in far separated spots in ihe world’s oceans. , 1 Of the boats interned before the German fleet was delivered to the Allies, tho report says, five were sold to Spain ’ and two to Holland, while 14 were demolished-

Inspection of the boats of shipbuilding’firms bolding contracts showed that 281 submarines had been delivered aiid 197 were under construction when the armistice was signed.