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Show GERMANS (M THE SINKING OF IfKSSELS Work of Destruction by Submarines Carried On in. , Mediterranean, According Accord-ing to Berlin Report. TRANSPORT AMONG SHIPS SENT DOWN, French Announce Losses in i Four Days; Lloyd's Gives j Names of Only Two Vessels Sunk. BERLIN, Feb. 21. by wireless to Say-ville. Say-ville. A large number of hostile vessels, among them an Italian transport crowded with men, have been sunk In the barred zone in the Mediterranean during the past few days, the Overseas News agency announces. j Other ships sunk by submarines are I enumerated as follows: Two armed steamers of 3000 and 4500 tons, respectively, with important cargoes car-goes for Saloniki. Italian steamer Oceania, 4200 tons. French steamer Moventaux, 3200 tons. French sailing vessel Aphrodite, 600 tons, with iron for Italy. The newspapers, observes the agency, note that the real submarine successes undoubtedly have been much larger, as the majority of the submarines have not yet reported. In addition the paralysis of neutral navigation must b taken Into ! consideration. The Italian steamer Oceania, of 4-17 tons gross, left New York on January 27 for Gibraltar. The French steamer Mont Ventoux, of 3233 tons (probably the vessel mentioned by Berlin) was last reported leaving Cardiff Car-diff on December S for a port not stated. NEW YORK. Feb. 21. The Oceania, one of the ships reported by Berlin as having been . sunk, left here January 27 with a cargo of grain for Genoa. She was cleared by Benham and Boyesen, as agents for L. Pittaluga, owner. Since the beginning of the war all Italian ships have been under control of the government. govern-ment. The Oceania was commanded by Captain Massa. So far as local agents of the line know there were no Americans Ameri-cans among her crew. FRENCH ANNOUNCE SENDING DOWN OF SEVERAL VESSELS PA fUS, Feb. 21, 2:15 p. m. The sinking sink-ing of the following vessels was announced an-nounced officially today: Mlnas, on February 16; Skogland, on February IS; Giuseppe, on February' IS ; Guide, on February 19; Rosalie, on February Feb-ruary 20. Marine records list two steamers named Minas. one Italian, 24 tons, and the other Greek. 2506 tons gross. The Norwegian steamship Skogland, 3-11 tons, sailed from New York January Janu-ary 31 for Kirkwall. The Swedish steamer Skogland, 324 tons, sailed from Norfolk January 26 for Bagnoli. No vessel named Guiseppe Is listed. There are two Italian steamships Guiseppe, one 156 tons, the other 1221. The Guido referred toj probably Is the British steamship of that name, 2093 tons gross. Two Russian sailing ships, of 371 and sixty-seven tons, respectively, are named Guido. There is also an Italian sailing vessel, 342 tons, of this name. The steamer Rosalie referred to probably prob-ably is the British vessel of that name, 4243 tons, which sailed from New York January 2S for Saionik!. There is also an American Rosalie, 329 tons, owned in San Francisco. American Ship Sails. , NEW YORK, Feb. 21. Three vessels from war zone ports arrived today and three, one American, sailed. The Lu-clline, Lu-clline, from Dartmouth, on February 7, and the Maidan, from Glasgow, on the same day, both flying the British flag, and the Argentine steamer Rawson, from Wc ymouth, via Fayal, arrived. The Standard Oil lank steamer Standard sailed, destination not announced. The Norwegian steamer Kolaastind left also for an unnamed port and the Norwegian steamer Ferro put out for Bordeaux. Another Standard Oil tanker, the John D.' Rockefeller, sailed for an unknown port this afternoon. Other sailings were the Czarita of the Russian-American line, bound for Kola Ray; the Italian liner San Giovanni, for Italian ports, and the Georgetown, French, for France, all with freight. Reports Vessel Sunk. ST. JOHNS. N. F., Feb. 21. 'Captain Bradbury of the Newfoundland schooner Rose Dorothea reported to the owners here todav that the vessel had been sunk by a German submarine and the crew landed at Lisbon. The message sent from Lisbon gave no other details. London dispatches yesterday gave the schooner's name as Dorothy. The Rose Dorothea, which was returning return-ing from Oporto, Portugal, with fishery salt, formerly was owned at Province-town. Province-town. Mass., but was bought last year by Campbell & McKay of this city to engage en-gage in the fish-carrying trade between St. Johns and European ports. Two More Victims. LONDON, Feb. 21, ln:02 a. m. Lloyd"' announces that the British sailing ship Centurion has been sunk. Her crew was (Continued on Pag Two.) i mm TELL OF II SHIPS SOUK (Continued from Page One.) f " i landed. The Centurion was a vessel of 1S2S tons. Ltlovd's this afternoon announced that the British steamship Brigade of 425 tona gross had been sunk. The Brigade was built at PaisWy In 1914 and was owned In Glasgow. Phe was 1VJ feet long. Port of Plymouth Closed. LON'PON, Fen. 21, 3:13 a m. Tt Is officially announced that the port of Plymouth has been closed until further notice to all ships except those of the allies. f Plymo.uth Is one of Great Britain's most important naval bases and the site of a great arsenal and vast dockyard. |
