FIGHT WITH A SUBMARINE.
BRITISH STEAMER'S FEAT. HEAVY DAMAGE INFLICTED. ESCAPE MADE GOOD. Australian and N.Z. Cable. Association. 'Herd. 5.30 p.m.! LONDON. June 0. A submarine attacked a London steamship at night in a heavy sea. Tile lighting of flare? revealed the aggressor three cable? off. A conflict began which eontinued for three bonis on a zigzag course amid smoke screen-!. Tin.- Germans fired hO rounds without effect. The British gunners scored three hits out of 10 shot?. Ihe submarine, after rapidly diving, reappeared with |,e ; - after part above the water and her fore end submerged. Six Germans clambered out of the conning tower, proceeded alt. and were examining the damage when the steamer escaped.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16873, 11 June 1918, Page 5
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