ECHO OF THE WAR
SINKING A SUBMARINE. PRIZE MONEY AWARDED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received July 29, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, July 28. The Prize Court has awarded prize money for the mystery ship, which sank a German submarine under plucky circumstances off Start Point in March, 1917, .Mathcson, the commander, gave evidence that the submarine fired a torpedo. He adopted decoy tactics, and the submarine came to the surface and openly attacked him. The mystery ship was holed in the engine-room, and became unsteerable, but Mathcson opened fire and sank the submarine after a short engagement.
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14713, 30 July 1921, Page 5
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