REPORTED NAVAL DISASTER

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13493, 23 September 1914, Page 3

REPORTED NAVAL DISASTER

THREE BRITISH CRUISERS SAID TO HAVE BEEN TORPEDOED. (Exta-aordinary Press Association.) (London Times and Sydney Sun Services.) (Received September 23, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 22. It is rumored that the cruisers Aboukir, Cressy, and Hogue have been torpedoed by German submarines m the North Sea. [H.M.S. Aboukir is an armored cruiser built at Govan m 1902, with a displacement of 12,000 tons, a speed of 21.6 knots," an indicated horse-power of 21,375, her chief- armament consisting of 2 9.2-inch guns, 12 6-inch, 12 12---pounders, and 5 3-pounders. Her crew comprises 755 men. The vessel cost £751,118. H.M.S. Cressy, an armored cruiser, was built at Govan ■■ m 1901, her dis Elacement being 12,000 tons, indicated OTSe -pP wer ■:^,24%*_*nd > specd .i , 20.79 knots; ■ Her main? armament comprises 2 9.2-inoh gups, 12 6in., 12 12-pounders, an.d 5 3-pounders. The crew numbered 755 men. The vessel was valued at £749,324. H.M.S. Hogue, armored cruiser, built at Barrow m 1902,, has a displacement of 12,000 tons, an indicated horsepower of 21,432, a speed of 22.6 knots, and her main armament consists of 2 9.2-in. guns, 12 6-in., 12 12-pounders, and 5 3-pouriders. She carried a crew of 755 men. The vessel cost £749,809.].