THE SUNKEN GLRMAN BATTLESHIP

North Otago Times, Volume CI, Issue 13324, 26 July 1915, Page 7

THE SUNKEN GLRMAN BATTLESHIP

COMMANDER lIOIITON-^" DECORATED., ' * * (Pers-CW»l«;rwPra«i-. Aflsoclstlon.—OopstluM) , A lIIIIIjLTANT OAIIKKU., IPI'ITIKKHIAI), July 2,1, Tin' LV.li is ilmiiftltiig Ooniiiliiiidi'i A|a\ llmlou with Ihe Oldoi of Ut Geoigp Tho- Ponimern., Hiinlc by/Coiuinaudei Ilorton; /waV:one.:of. tho best, battle chips of Iho pieDieadnonghl lype 11 Ihe Germnii Fleet, and belonged to thi Deiitschland class of five ships,'. the others beiag Deiitschland, . Hnnu.over bchlesien,- and Schleswig-llolstein, Tlif "Ponimern w'as built at Stettin -at - ,ii cost, of £1,214,000. She was.launched or September 20th,, 1905, and .completed ill the .summer, of .1000. She was n.ves sel nt' 13,040' tons• displacement,- ami attauied'a speed'of., 10.21, knots on;hei trials. Her. armament, ( eonipnsed l fom 11m, fonrleen (17111, twenty Mm, fom I,'lin. and four, machine-guns; and. six submerged ■ torpedo, tubes,,. ■ and . .she earned a crew of 73C -officers, and men Being- one. of the .latest: German preDfeadn'oiiglit/ships,. and eontpmp6r-|iry ,wifii tlie, British. L'ouVNelson menindn/ the, sinking of,the'Pommern was "ft heavy': loss'to :the- enemy's. High .Seas .'Fleet., , >y-. . ■/. .i..- ,_ : Whnn j tiie. : war'started, Cqmmamler (then Lieutenant-Commander); Alax' K, Tlqi'toii was,in ■ .'command of the submarine E - fl, in. wliicli -he 'did .splendid service in reconnoitring', and {'patrol diity on/fhe/Gorifiaii ;.c.oast..',oh'iiSeptembor ,131. h the E.fl!;tprpe(lbed-.and sanli tlie" smajl. Germaii'-.iirmser jlela, south of Heligoland, Jhis: ije^ng-the.,firstißnt-ishi subniarihe success 1 of. : the;.war. . A inontli later.^fhe'jE'f)- sank'a large Gei mail destroyer off jthe mouth of the Eiiis, In, recognition /of these (successes T/ioil t.eua'n t-Coiiunandei', .Horton". -.-was .to. the.-rank- of Commander, appointed a member of the IVisthigiiislieil Sei'viee, Order, TJif other .oflicers ; .of/the -R-9're'eeived the Difitinfinjshcd Service-Cross, and ■ tlie men the ! Distinguished 'Conduct Medal, We are;not' told ivlicther. Comniaiiilei Horton is-still'in-fomiiiand of -E-S),■ oi whether! lie. ,!ia& been 'appointed to; one of the' new and ;larger submarines. 'lt 'would , lie good 1 to know that; the i offi cms, and men' : who' shared: with ■ Corn inander Hortoii t'lie'early' "success of the K 0 were With .him.in the ; Baltic; Cominander Ilorton/received/the Board.oi Trade silver ''medal-.for • gallantly •in .saving life J at the wreck.of tlie P. ami O. liner -Dellii on /.the coast of' Morocec on December 12th,' 1011, when the.late Duke of Fife and the' Princess Roya: aiid their daughters were on board,.Hi was then a lieutenant in IT.M.S, Dukt of Edinburgh/' o'ue : of the warshipf which helped in the rcsc.ue J work' nndei Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Crad ock. ' ■ : ■ CONCEALING THE NEWS. PERSISTENT GERMAN DENIALS. LONDON, July 2,1. Tlie Germans :still persist, that n( warships were submarined at Vopen liagen on the 23 rdjuiie. ■ Berlin de nies that the 51 was sunk/ at Varna and states that no battle lias occiirrci between th'e Russians and -'Germans-h '• the Black Sea. '., ''/. / /"