GERMAN SUBMARINES IN THE IRISH SEA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15833, 2 February 1915, Page 7

GERMAN SUBMARINES IN THE IRISH SEA.

THREE BRITISH SHIPS REPORTED SUNK.

STEAMER CHASED INTO THE CLYDE.

(Receiver! February 2, 12.5 am)

London', February 1

The third -victim of the German submarine which penetrated into the Irish Sea was the steamer Kilcoan, which was sunk 20 miles from the Liverpool bar. The crew were landed at Douglas, in the Isle of Man.

Several steamers sighted the submarines, and by going at full

speed escaped

The steamer Atrens reached the. Clyde after an exciting race with two German submarines of the largest class, each carrying a gun aft in the conning-tower.

The crews of the vessels that were sunk pay a tribute to the courtesy of the submarine officers, who said they were sorry, but i! war is war." They offered the crew of the Lindabanche cigars and

cigarettes.

The U-21, which is reported to have sunk the Lindabanche, is credited with having sunk the light cruiser Pathfinder on September 5, and the British steamer Malachite off Havre on November 23. She was flying the white ensign when'she stopped the Kilcoan. The mail steamer Leinster sighted a submarine near the Kish lighthouse, but easily outdistanced it when pursued.

The Kilcoan was a steamer of 456 tons, owned in Belfast. A cable message published in the Hesald yesterday stated that the German submarine U2l had sunk the Bencruacban, 3092 tons, and the Lindabanche, in the Irish Sea.