LINER DEFENDS HERSELF.
SUBMARINE SHELLED AND SUNK
LONDON, May 5. The British steamer Clan MacFayden encountered two submarines in the Bay of Biscay. The first fired sixty shells at a range of fifty yards, hitting the Clan MacFayden several times, but not seriously. The liner was armed with a big gun, and replied. Several shots hit the sub. marine, which, it isi believed, was sunk. .
A second submarine three hours later fired a torpedo, missing the liner by a few feet.
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Northern Advocate, 8 May 1916, Page 3
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