On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 61, 12 July 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

THE KING AND HIS SAILORS VISIT TO ADMIRAL JELLICOE’S FLEET. Press Association. (.Received 9.15 a.in.) London July 11. The King iias returned to London alter having visited Sir J. JelHcoe’s Fleet in the North Sea.

MESSAGE TO THE NAVY, (Received 12.30 p.m.) London, July 11. The King, after a two days’ visit, sent a message to Admiral Jell hoe expressing pride and admiration “at the splendid force you command with the full confidence of myself an 1 you’-fellow-countrymen. 1 realise the patient and determined spirit with which you faced long months of waiting and hoping. 1 know how strong is the comradeship linking all ranks, which convinces me that whenever the day of battle comes, the Navy will add fresh triumph to its glorious traditions.”

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Home, July 10

The Giornalc d’ltalia reports that an Italian warship caught a steamer, belonging to a Balkan neutral, laden with benzine and naptha. Her captain confessed that he was waiting to deliver the cargo to a German submarine. The Italian commander manned the steamer with some of his own bluejackets, disguised as merchantmen, and armed the ship with mac-hine-guns. At the appointed hour a periscope emerged, and greetings were exchanged. Then the commander of the steamer stepped forward, and cried: “Take your choice; surrender, or be sent to the bottom.” The Teutons were stupified, and surrendered, and the submarine was towed to an Italian port. , It is reported that the Italians destroyed three Austrian submarines in the first month of the war. New York, July 10.

The Atlantic Transport Company's liner .Minnehaha • has arrived at Halifax. The fire was partially extinguished. , The holds are full of gases, and there is no doubt that an effort was made to blow up the ship. London, July 11.

The Norwegian steamer Noordas, from Bergen to Archangel, was torpedoed. 'lhe crew landed at Aberdeen.

Vienna newspapers state that 176 of the Amalfi’s crew perished.