SEYDLITZ BADLY DAMAGED.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14196, 7 June 1916, Page 5

SEYDLITZ BADLY DAMAGED.

CHASED BY BRITISH SHIPS

GERMAN LOSSES COLOSSAL

STATEMENT BY WIESBADEN

SURVIVORS.

Copenhagen, June 5

The newspaper "Rihe Stiefts Tidende" states that British warships were seen off the Faroe Islands on Thursday morning chasing the 'Seydlitz, which was badly damaged all over, and had two great holes aft.

Scandinavian steamers resctscl a, number of the Wiesbaden's sailors, who state that the losses were colossal, and that only a few were saved from each ship. Each vessel had a number of small rafts, on which many took refuge. After 35 hours without food or drink, most of them drank sea water, became insane, and jumped into the sea.

Numerous British and German bodies are being washed up on^the coast of West Jutland.

Steamers report that large Gorman cruisers have been withdrawn from the coast of Courland, where they were recently operating. The large squadron of torpedo boats patrolling theSouthern Baltic wore not seen last week.

The Seydlitz is a battle-eruiso.r of 24,000 ton's displacement. She is 610 feet in length, by 96 feet beam. Her speed is 27 knots'. She was completed at Hamburg in 1913. She mounts ten 11-inch, twelve 5.9 inch and twelve 3.4 inch guns. Her crew number* 900.