THE SUBMARINE WAR.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume V, Issue 1293, 5 April 1918, Page 5

THE SUBMARINE WAR.

FIGURES FOR PAST WEEK. (A. & N.Z. & Rcutcr) LONDON, April 3. The British Admiralty report on the submarine campaign during the week ended March 30 gives the following figures, those in last week's report being given in parentheses:— Arrivals 241 fi (2171) Sailings .: 2179 (2458) Sinkings— Over 1600 tons .... fi (Ifi) Under 1000 tons .... 7 (12) Unsuccessfully attacked .. 15 (19) Fishing boats sunk .... 5 ( —) The French report gives the following figures:— Arrivals 1170 (925) Sailings 1005 (901) Sinkings— Over 1600 tons .... Under 1600 tons .... (5) Unsuccessfully attacked .. (2) The Italian return gives the following figures— Arrivals .181 (443) Departures .. .. .. .. 360 (412) SunkOver 1500 tons .... 3 (3) One sailer over 100 tons and nine under 100 tons were sunk. RENEWING LOSSES. (A. & N.Z.) LONDON, April 3. It is announced that during the year ended March 31, 1917, there were completed merchantmen totalling 692,225 gro.ss tonnage in the United Kingdom's shipyards, and (luring the year ended March 31, 1918, there were completed 1,237,515 tons. The output shows a steady upward tendency, reaching a record of 101.074 tons in March. The men are working loyally, having taken to heart the anxiety caused by the comparatively low outputs in January, 58,568 tons, and February, 100,038 'tons. BRUTAL PIRATES. ("The Times") LONDON, April 3. The steamer Conargo, formerly the Altona, was torpedoed off the Irish coast on March 31. Fifteen persons were drowned and 35 are missing. The Conargo was proceeding lo New York in ballast. The crew of 50 boarded three boats, two of which were blown up either by torpedoes or gunfire. A collier picked up a third boat, containing 15 men. A submarine shelled and sank the Greek steamer Saladino, trading to British ports. Seven of the crew were saved and 15 are missing. [The Conargo (4312 tons) was built in 1902 for a Hamburg firm. At the outbreak of the war she was in Australian waters, and was seized at Melbourne.]