LOSS BY SUBMARINES.
: EIGHTEEN VESSELS SUNK. TWELVE OVER 1600 TONS. '.; (Received 5.5 p.m.) ' A.,and'N'.Z.-Ileutor. . LONDON, Oct. 17. A British Admiralty report on the submarine campaign during the week ended October 14 '-gives, the ; following figures, those in : last' week's : report being given' in * parentheses. The returns are issued for the week-ending-3 p.m. on Sunday.; The figures give the arrivals and sailings of merchant vessels, of all nationalities, over 100 tons net, at and from United Kingdom ports, exclusive of the fishing and local craft, and the number of British merchant vessels sunk by mines or submarine, and unsuccessfully attacked by submarines:— Arrivals 2,12.1 (2,510) ' Sailings 2,091 (2,632) Sunk over 1600 tons ... 12 (14) Sunk under 1600 tons ... 6 (2) Unsuccessfully attacked 5 ' (3) lushing vessols sunk ... 0 (0) The following figures show the weekly losses since the Admiralty started issuing returns:—
TOLL TAKEN OF NEUTRALS. LARGE NORWEGIAN STEAMER. . Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Rccd. 7.45 p.m.) CHRISTIANA, Oct. 17. The Themis, Norway's largest steamer, has been torpedoed in the Mediterranean. The sailing vessel Bethel has been sunk in the North Sea. In both cases the crews are missing.
The Themis was a steel screw steamer of 7402 tons gross. She was built in 1911 by Messrs. W. Doxford and Sons, of Sunderland, and was owned and registered in „ Christiana. The Bethel was a small wooden brig, built in 1868.
Over Undor Unsuc. 1G00 1600 cessful Fiahins ,_ , , tons tons, attack*, vessels. Week ending— " , . Feb. 25 ... 15 6 12 4 Mar. 4 ... 14 9 12 3 Mar. 11 ... 13 4 16 3 Mar. 18 ... 16 8 19 21 Mar. 26 ... 18 7 13 10 April 1 ... 18 13 17 8 April 8 ... 17 2 II G April 15 .- 19 9 15 IS April 22 ... 40 15 27 9 April 29,.. 38 111 24 8 May 6... 24 23 34 16 May 13 ... 18 15 19 3 May 20 ... 18 » 9 3 May -27 ... 18 J 17 '. 2 June 3 ... 15 3 17 5 June 10 ... 22 10 23 6 Juno 17 ... 27 5 31 — June 24 ... 21 7» 22 — July 1 ... 15 6 16 11 • My <i ... 14 3 17 7 Ju y 15 ... 14 4 12 8 July 22 ... 21 3 75 — July 29 ... 18 3 3 — Aug. 5 ... 21 2 13 — Aug. 12 ... 14 2 13 1 Aug. 19 ... . 15 3 ' 12 — Aug. 26 ... 18 6 6 — Sept. 2 ... 20 3 --9 — Sept. 9 ... 12 15 12 - Sept. 16 ... 8 11 6 — Sept. 23 ... 13 2 10 Sent. 80 ... 11 "* 2 1G — Oct. 7 ... 14 2 3 - Oct. 14 ... 12 6 5 —
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16674, 19 October 1917, Page 5
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432LOSS BY SUBMARINES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16674, 19 October 1917, Page 5
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