Show SUBMARINE SINKS AMERICAN STEAMER OIL TANKER ATTACKED OFF SCILLY ISLANDS AND SENT TO THE BOTTOM of the crew of sixty three all are saved except three the captain dying of heart failure an result of the shock london the american oil tank steamship was torpedoed off bishops Bl lighthouse scilly islands at noon on saturday by a german submarine the vessel was badly damaged and the crew was landed at scilly by a patrol boat of the crew of thirty six thirty three were saved two jumped overboard and were drowned and the captain later died of 0 heart fall failure tire as aa a result of the shock 1 asel was picked up by steam drifters which towed it into crow sound where it ft was beached the Gul flight was laden with naphtha from port arthur to rouen the french steamer europe also was torpedoed by a submarine and sunk off the scilly islands the submarine ordered the crew to take to the boats and then fired several shells into the ship the steamer did not sink from the effects of these so the submarine launched a torpedo which sent her to the bottom the crew of the europe was picked up by br a fishing smack and landed in cornwall w all england the europe was bound from barry to st lazaire with coal the british steamer fulgent was sunk oft rocks southwest of county kerry ireland in the dark sundy morning also by agerman submarine |