TWELVE VESSELS LOST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15749, 26 October 1914, Page 6

TWELVE VESSELS LOST.

SUNK BY KARLSRUHE.

VALUED AT £1,000,000.

Texekiffe. October 24.

Crews have been landed here from the following steamers sunk by the Karlsruhe, mostly in the Atlantic:— 1 Strathro.v, Maple Branch, Farn, ; Highland Hope, Indrani, —, —, ■ —, < Cornish City, Truth, Condor, and I Ly rowan. i The. cargoes and hulls of these ves- ; sels were valued at JJ 1,000,000. j The twelve steamers sunk by the Karlsruhe aggregated 50,000 tons. A i German steamer brought in the ■ crews, which numbered 400. THE SUNKEN VESSELS. Twelve vessels appear to have been sunk, but three names must have been mutilated in transmission, as they are not shown in Lloyd's Register. Strathroy, 4536 tons gross; built in 1909 at Port Glasgow by Messrs. W. Hamilton and Co.. Ltd. ; owned by the Strathroy Steamship Co., Ltd., of Glasgow. Maple Branch, 4338 tons gross : built in 1905 at Dundee tv Messrs. Clourlav Bros, and C".. Ltd. ; owned by the Nautilus Steam Shipping Co., Ltd., of Sunderland. Highland Hope. 5150 tons gross: built in 1903 at Port Glasgow by Messrs. Russell and Co. : owned by the Nelson Line, Ltd., ' of London. Indrani. 5706 tons gross; built in 1912 j at Glasgow by Messrs. C. C'onnell and Co.. Ltd. : owned by the Indra Line, Ltd., | of Liverpool. j Farn. 4393 tons gross; built in 1910 j by W. Doxford and Sons, Ltd., at Sunderland : owned by Fargrove Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., of London. l'ruth, of 4408 tons gross : built in 1905 at West- Hartlepool by Messrs. \V. Grav and Co.. Ltd. ; owned by the Mercantile Steamship Co., Ltd.. of London. Lvnrowan. 3384 tons gross: built in 1907 at Middlcsbro' by Messrs. R. Craggs and Sons, Ltd. : owned by the Liner Steamship Co., Ltd.. of Liverpool. The Cornish City. 3816 tons gross; built in 1906 by Messrs. J. L. Thompson and Sons, Ltd.. at Sunderland: owned by the ' Insiow S.S. Co., Ltd., of Bideford, Eng land. Condor—There are nine steamers of this name on the Lit 'ft reciter, the largest of which is a vessel of 3053 tons cross. She was built- in 1893 at Sunderland bv .T. L. 1 hom|Kon and Son? and was owned bv the New York and Pari lie Steamship Co., Ltd., of London. MOVEMENTS OF THE KARLSRUHE. A message from New York on October 1 8 stated that a British cruiser had been seen chasing the German cruiser Karlsruhe off the Cuban coast. The British ship was overhauling the German cruiser when she turned landwards, risking destruction bv hidden rocks, and escaped behind ail island in neutral waters. A long-range duel took place in the Atlantic on August 13 between the British cruiser Bristol and the Karlsruhe. H.M.S. Suffolk found the German warship while the latter was coaling and gave cha.se, but having the advantage of superior speed, the Karlsruhe escaped. The enemy's ship was, however, waylaid by the Bristol, and the two cruisers engaged in a duel at long range. A heavy sea was running and the Bristol was unable to inflict much damage on the German cruiser.- Finally tho Karlsruhe again utilised her speed and j sought safety in flight. I