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Show TWELVE VESSELS SUNK BY U-BOATS IN MEDITERRANEAN 3 LKRLTX, March 10, by wireless to si.vvillo. The following account of Mib marine operations was given out to-.lav to-.lav by the admiralty: : r ii tho Mediterranean there have been sunk nine steamships and three sailing vessels, with an aggregate tonnage ton-nage of 32,000. Among the ships sunk were: "Xorino, armed Italian steamer. 4159 tons, laden with cotton, sunk Febru- . ary 14. "Rosalie, Indian transport steamer, 4237 tons, with ammunition and oats from New York to Saloniki, Bunk February Feb-ruary 14. ' ' Wathfield. armed British steamer, 3012 tons, with 45O0 tons of magnesium for Ixmdon, sunk February 21. "French steamer of about 1000 tons, sunk February 22. "Trojan Prince, ai-med British steamer, 31 AG tons, with a cargo af feed, sunk February 23. "Burnby, armed British steamer, 3665 tons,' with 5000 tons of coal from Cardiff for Algiers, sunk February 26. "Armed hostile transport steamer of about 5000 tons, with cargo of coal, sunk February 26. "Victoria. " Greek steamship, 13S8 tons, sunk February 26. " Craigeudoran, armed British steamer, steam-er, 27S9 tons, sunk March 3. "According to reports from two Italian Ital-ian soldiers resue-d from the Italian troops transport Minas, sunk February 15 in the Mediterranean by a German submarine, the vessel had o'n board one general, three colonels, two majors and 1000 Italian soldiers, belonging to three regiments. On account of the rough sea, these men perished." The sinking of the Eosali. Trojan Prince and Wathfield has been an- nounced previously vty London IJoyd 's. The Burnby was fast reported at Barry February 12. The recent movements of the Victoria and Craigendoran are, not recorded. No Italian steamship' Morino is listed in the current maritime reference refer-ence books. The sinking of the Minas was announced an-nounced by Die German admiralty on February 23. The statement said the vessel waa on the way to Saloniki and that 1000 men, a large quantity of ammunition am-munition and gold to the value of 3,-000,000 3,-000,000 marks had been lost. |