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Show 24 BRITISH SHIPS . WEEK'S U-BOAT TOLL London, July 25. Twenty-ono British teasels of' mora than 1C00 tons oach and threo of less than 1G00 tons each were sunk last week hy mines and submarines, according to tho weokly admiralty report on shipping ship-ping losses. Ono fishing vessel was also sunk. Tho announcement of tho British admiralty shows an Increaso of sovon vessols of moro than 1600 tons sent to bottom as compared with tho re port of tho previous week, when fourteen four-teen woro sunk. In tho smaller category cate-gory tho lo3s Is ono loss than that of tho previous weok three, while theto was a falling oft of seven In tho number of fishing vessels sunk. U-lknit.s Have Tuo Lucky I)A)s, Tho report of tho wook's singings of British merchantmen would have shown tho low record except for a couplo of days when tho Germans had unusual luck. Even with these exceptional days, tho total Is considered consid-ered to havo been "about normal." Tho U-boats for tho previous fortnight fort-night had boon kept down to a mlnli mum, but for tho current wcok an upward tendency In tho curvo would not havo been unexpected In vlow of tho vigorous offenslvo efforts which the Germans nro now putting forward on nil fronts and which no doubt are reflected in tho orders to the submarlno commanders to support sup-port tho land offonslvo by strenuous efforts on "tho submarlno front." On the whole, tho navy may bo said to bo fairly well satisfied with tho progress boing made against tho underwater onomy and tho feeling Is that tlmo is all on tho side of tho allies, as ovory w6ok sees nntl-sub-marlno methods developing and tho co-ordination of the various parts of tho antl-submarlno campaign improving. im-proving. In tho meantime, tue shipbuilding ship-building program Is being pressed forward, whllo In another month woathor and daylight conditions will begin to toll against the submarines. Steamer Otwny lost. Tho British merchant cruiser Ot-way Ot-way was torpedoed and sunk in nortltorn waters July 22. Ten men wcro killed. Tho remainder on board woro saved. This announcemeu was mado officially today. The British merchant steamer Ot-way, Ot-way, Indicated as In British admiral-' ty service, Is doubtless the vessel referred re-ferred to In tho official announcement. announce-ment. She was a steamer of 12,077 tons, built in Glasgow In 190D. She was owned by tho Orient Steam Navigation Navi-gation company of Glasgow. Six U-BoaU Sunk by V. S. Warships. Halifax, N. S., July 25. British sailors arriving hero today, who claim to have been among crow3 of vessels in the vicinity of the transports trans-ports which conveyed the first American troops to France, say thoy were credibly Informed that German submarines made a concentrated attack at-tack and were beaten off with a loss of six U-boats, only ono submarlno escaping. The sailors said they were within threo miles of tho transports and witnessed tho heavy and continuous flro. The men woro on threo former Dutch vessels, which had been taken over by the British government and wero on their way to Europe. Submarlno Sinks Submarlno. Berlin, July 25. Tho British submarine sub-marine C-34 has beon sunk by a submarlno. sub-marlno. Tho solo survivor was tak- on prisoner. The British submarine C-34 was built in 190D, ono of eight craft of identical design. She was a boat of 313 tons and .a maximum draft of twelve feet, with a speed of fourteen knots above water and ten knots submerged. sub-merged. She was equipped with two torpedo tubes.-' Her normal complement comple-ment was sixteen men. |
