SINKING OF THE GOLIATH.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11510, 5 October 1915, Page 1

SINKING OF THE GOLIATH.

DESTROYER GETS CLOSE UP. j By Talegraph.—Pros# Association.—Copyright, j (Received October 6, 1 a.m.). PARIS, October 1. | A romantic story is circulated of the j I sinking of tho British battleship Go-1 | liath in the Dardanelles in June. Four- | i teen Allied destroyers divided into | j ; parallel lines, protected the battleship, j j Tho destroyers alternately steamed j I slowlv up-stream and drifted, badk , i " i I again. j \ * \ | The night was very dark, and the j S look-out on the Goliath towards mid- • II . night thought h.e noticed eight do- j stroyers in o»te line instead of seven. | Then a torpedo struck the ship. j i It appears that a Turkfsh destroyer, | i wanned In firmans. slipped into the j J British line ot' destroyers and awaited | I a moment v> u>rpedo the Goliath at j 1 ; five hundred yard:-. j i A message trom-'Amsterdam on June j Hi VfudGerman correspondent at j Constantinople describes the- sinking of ; j the Goliaih. Th- British warslup was , in thn I,ai.it nij-htly ot visiting Awrto , Bav. where she earned on a brisk. , : flanking lire on tho Turkish <{eietices. j Lieuteiu.m Kirlo, .-..rrmninding tm? do-; strov.-r M,*jnvenet-i-Miliet. including ; sixteen C;»*rr«»,w. received permission ; tn •ittaek. He eroot down the Bard a- j nelies at'ti-r sunset and found two Br:t- j ish ves .els. The Mauvenet-i-M.iUet'a : torpedo 'mbes were manned at one j o'elnek. ,\1 e'j mvlnie the Brit-i ,h sighted j I the Manvem-i-i-Millet. Whan within i I ,-,. lsV ine'e the Turkish vessel discharg-! I ixl her tir«t torpedo, which struck the j ( Goliath under the bridge. The oeeond . j hit between the funnels and tho third in the quarter. .\ dull explosion and a . J .sheet of flame followed, and tho C.ohath , I sank in three mi ut.es without a soul ! j boinf/ seen on her deck. The Mauvenet- ; j i-Mi'liet doubled back at full speed, and j : when British torpedo-boats closed in on j ! :il 1 sides they were received !>v a hail I : of shot, and she!! from tho ooa-il. de- j foiiCOSiJ