Show Tells Sensations Felt Fell Aboard Bombed British Merchant Ship Captain Helpless I Prisoner on Sea Snake as Cruisers Launch Attack London Aug 3 Sensations experIenced German submarine while need in a n depth bombs were being being- discharged ed overhead were described recently by a 1 British merchant ship captain who was wasa a prisoner for or fifteen days ns n's aboard a n U boat the En English lIsh In un fl int Interview Inter commander captured b by br the Germans after his vessel esel had boon been torpedoed re related related re- re how the the- depth bombs shook the tho undersea craft and created consternation tion among on the sailors In ono one l Instance stanco the tacos faces of the Germans became white with fear car and all stood toot trembling after aner Iho tho first shot which was not near enough to destroy the submersible All An wore were expecting a second discharge discharge The English commander reached his native land laud after having been Imprisoned Imprisoned Imprisoned lor br months at Brandenburg where he said ho and anti other othel ship officers at nt times had been harnessed to carts which were used haul mall mail and packages from flom the 1 to the tho prisoners prisoners' camp Seven Se vessels were torpedoed b by the Germans while the British captain was wa aboard the tho U- U U oat Previously the tho En English Eng Eng- lish hish officer had been In command o of a a. merchant vessel which had also met Its Us fate fata at the tho hands of or a n. submarine crow crew Cre Crow Crew Sho FearOn Fear On tho third day after I had been taken prisoner oner said the captain Just after aCter the cho midday meal moal I 1 gathered that the submarine was about to carry out an attack on a convoy which had Just been sighted The rhe U-boat U approached submerged for or somo some distance and antI torpedoed torpedoed tor tor- a largo large steamer Our whereabouts whereabouts where where- whereabouts apparently were detected I was told told b by an allied lI light ht cruiser for tor we wo dived rapidly to a. a great depth Hard Hardly had bad the submarIno submarine reached an even keel when wo we heard and felt felta a ft tremendous explosion which caused the U-boat U to vibrato from stem stein to stern It was a a. depth charge o from tho the The Th effect on tho the crew crew was evident All stood trembling with faces blanched with fear tear not attempting to speak expecting expecting ex ex- a no second charge chars the result of which might mean the lie destruction of or ortho tho the boat and without tho the slightest chance for us to escape Thero There Is no doubt In my mind of or orthe the tho mental attitude of or the tho cre crow crew for It was not the first experience of ot the men mon with a a. depth charge e and they had llad learned from others In tho the service what terrible weapons depth bombs were vero In Indie Inthe the die hands of ot skillful seamen J Suffers lIttle For some moments we waited en engines en- en gines were stopped and all means wore were taken to prevent giving gJ Indication of or our position Minutes seemed lIko like hours In such a a. situation Ill I'll admit that I Iwas Iwas was turning over In m my mind whether I should see ace my family again No additional additional ad ad- explosions took place however and md after remaining some eighteen fathoms deep for a a. long Ions period wo we continued con con- tinned our voyage e A few days das later we had another experience with depth charges or wasser vasser bomben as s tho the German n sailors call can them then A sailing vossel vessel had bad just been sunk b by shell fire tire when two allied destroyers were sighted and down we went weaL By the microphones the tho propellers propellers propel propel- lers hers could bo be heard and as the tho vessels came tame nearer and nearer we In the tho submarine submarine sub sub- marine could hear tho the thudding quite distinctly To and fro the tho destroyers destroyer went vent ent searching for fOI us us Evidently E they picked up a clue for there were two explosions ahead but not so near us as ns that from the cruiser but quite close enough to cause tho the submarine to tremble tremble trem trem- ble lila and then roll about as though In nhea a n. hea heavy sea Prison camp conditions In Germany were described by the the British captain a air as being deplorable thOugh Although we were merchant ship captains Imprisoned at wo we were made mado to suffer various Indignities indignities Indig indig- he said saltI Hungry Too 00 Vo o were compelled to harness ourselves ourselves our our- selves sel to carts caits which we had to draw through tho streets to the tho station or I 1 postoffice In order ordel to fetch retch our parcels par par- eels cols and any commodities to camp It w was ivas s at thi camp amp also that I saw Russian soldiers so diors working all of or whom In iii the tho la last t stages of or tuberculosis Tho The poor fellows could not get g-et enough to eat and they would eagerly scrape discarded tin cans In the hope of ot finding find find- big ing particles of ot food rood 1 I have even seen sen German soldiers do the same samo thing We Yo were glad to search tho the cinder paths at t any opportunity in fn anticipation tion Lion of ot finding bits bUR of oC coke or coal with which to cook cool our food The captain said sait his hla ship was wa torp torpedoed torpedoed tor tor- tor- tor p without warning and that after 3 he and all aJl his hla men inen wore vore afloat in lifeboats lifeboats life life- boats the submarine appeared on the surface and he lie was taken talen prison the tho I mates and seamen being permitted to start in the direction of or lant land Describing lug ing the su submarine the British captain fI lie was a fairly large craft of oC re recent re- re cent numbering three torpedo I tu tubes es two in the bow how and one aft and I i. i d. d ten torpedoes She was also alec I armed d with a gun gUll for or shell fire Just L forward of or the conning tower My ly first meal aboard t the e U boat I consisted of a stew slew made with stringy r meat probably horseflesh supplemented supplement supplement- ed b by 15 small 1 a 11 portions of sausage with black bread Aa s the voyage progressed this title bread became mildewed and unc uneatable un un- c eatable table and then some flome bread of lighter r color which had been kept in hermet I Ic ll scaled was waR served Bened I. I but wax was even more unpalatable than thai ri the tho black bread bicad The Tho coffee coerce was made mad C of ot burned harley barley and acorns The commander com com- mander and nd nd of officers ricers of or tho the U boat t fared as as' as the lower Jower ratings but hut C Cable abl able to supplement their allowances with tinned ham nn anti and other othor canned food As Aa the submarine was forced to keep below th the waters water's surface a great deal of the 1113 time life Ute aboard the submarine was anything but pleasant Gloat Over Victim The The boat sweated l anI and all aU spare clothing clothing- became saturated with moisture moisture moist moist- ure re while the atmosphere often orten be became became be- be came foul and anti breathing difficult he asserted While w wo were submerged the tho crew would start the I That the music which was played triumphantly when the U boat got another victim the I sinking of any Innocent merchantman c caused used that crew as aa much JO Joy as if the members rs had sunk a n warship Ono One night there was walS more than the tho usual amount of rejoicing and the liveliest airs were played Tho The Germans had torpedoed an nn oil oU tanker which according to the commander commander com corn mander sank In thirty seconds I could not note help wondering at the m men mii mentality n- n of men inca who could rejoice at 8 such ch a a. thing knowing That at without giving gl them the tho slightest chance of or defendIng defending defend defend- ing themselves or 01 escaping they had sent Innocent sailors to their deaths deathS' The next day we s seemed scorned emed to bo ho out of or the track o of steamers and I went Into the tho con conning tower towel and nd nd sax saw tho of- of leers CIccI's amusing themselves b by shooting bottles botties at gulls or 01 empty empt n By this time limo the submarine evidently evident evident- ly Iv had reached the extreme outward point of or her voyage oas and we started on our return trip to o Three Norwegian ships were stopped for or the purpose of or obtaining obtaining- fresh roo food Soon after this hits there was much excitement when It was ascertained that there was wasa a British l submarine In our vicinity By 13 listening the crew crow could hear the tho enem enemy submarine and the tho Germans feared caret she was going to attack us We e submerged and eventually o dodged the time British ves CC sel sd The U-boat U was equipped with powerful pow pow- erful orul wireless apparatus and each ench evening e providing pro tho the weather and other conditions were favorable tho the German commander remained l on the tho waters water's surface in wireless communication communication cation with his hits base Tho British captain finally arrived in tn and afterward was transferred transferred trans trans- erred to Drand Eventually F. ho was taken taleen to Switzerland and released reach reaching leaching Ins Ins- England on Juno 19 iti And now the tho captain Is getting ready to go to sea a again aln |