THE SUBMARINES.
GERMANY'S BLOCKADE. Australian and N.Z. Gable Association 8,4'1 Eeuter LONDON. July 26. Tho Admiralty lias issued tho following return in connection with tho submarine blockade for the week ending July 22: Arrivals .... 2701 Sailings .... 2791 SinkingsOver 1600 tons .... 21 Under 1600 ton? ... ?, Unsuccessfully attacked . . 15 Fishing boats sunk . . o The figures for the previous week and the aggregate for the past twenty-two weeks are as follow : Last. Twenty-two iveek. weeks. Arrivals . . 2*' iS 56,272 Sailings . , 2026 56,4] 1 Sinking;;— Over 1600 tons . 14 4?,\ Under l(>on tons . 4 102 Unsuccessfully attacked ... I'2 <lOl Fishing boats eunk 3 J WEEKLY RETURNS. The following return shows the amount of shipping in each week since February 18, the vessels over 100 tons that were sunk and tho number of vessels that were unsuccessfully attacked, fishing boats being disregarded:—
A GERMAN LOSS. Australian and N.Z. Cable. Association. AMSTERDAM, July 25. A submarine torpedoed the German steamer Nordeney} coal-laden from Rotterdam to Denmark. One sailor was killed and the rest wero rescued. NAVAL LOvSSES. MERCHANT CRUISER AND SUBMARINE. LONDON, July 26. The Admiralty announces that the armed merchant-cruiser Otway was torpedoed and eunk in northern waters. Ten persons were killed, but tho remainder were saved. A Berlin official message states that the British submarine C 34 was sunk by a German submarine. One stoker survived and was made prisoner. (C 34 was built between 1908 and 1910. Sre was 130 feet long, and her surface displacement was 290 tons.)
Arrived Escaped Week and Ve?s:ls from ending sailed. eunk. attack. Feb. 25 . . 4541 21 12 March 4 . 5005 22 12 March 11 . . 3914 17 16 March 18 , . 5082 24 10 March 25 . . 4717 25 13 April 1 . 4680 31 17 April 8 . 4773 18 14 April 15 . 4710 28 15 April 22 . 4866 51 24 April 2D . 5206 55 27 May 6 . 4673 45 34 May 13 . . 5120 23 19 May 20 . . 5413 27 9 May 27 . 5487 19 17 June 3 , . 5335 18 17 June 10 . 5589 32 23 June 17 . 5800 32 31 June 21 . 5799 28 22 July 1 . 5591 20 16 July 8 . 5696 17 17 July 15 . 5754 18 12 July 22 . 5582 21 15
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12070, 27 July 1917, Page 2
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