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Show BRITISH SHIP GLENGYLE SUNK Armored Cruisers Assigned to Protect Japanese Shipping in the Mediterranean. BIG FREIGHTER SUNK Vessel Was Torpedoed by German Ger-man Submarine, December 29 Crew Landed at Cannes. London, Jan. 3, 10:40 a. m. The British steamship Glengylo has been sunk. There are about 100 survivors. Tho Glengyle sailed from Shang Hal for London on November 15. She was last reported at Singapore on December Decem-ber 6. Her route would take her through the Sue, canal aJid the Mediterranean Medi-terranean and it may be assumed she was sunk in the Mediterranean as were the Persia. Ville de la Ciotat, Yasaka Maru and several other steamships. steam-ships. The Glengyle was one of the largest steamships which have been sunk since the activity of submarines in tho Mediterranean became pronounced. Her gross tonnage was 9395. She was owned by the Glen line of Glasgow, and was the largest steamship of that line. The Glengyle had been in service only a comparatively short time having hav-ing been built at New Castle in 1904. She was 500 feet long, 62 feet beam, and 34 feet deep. Her master was Captain Webster. Glengyle Fine Vessel. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 3. The steamship steam-ship Glengyle, reported sunk, was built especially for the Puget Sound-Oriental-British route by the Royal Mail Steam Packet company of London. Lon-don. She arrived in Seattle on her first voyage with cargo from England March 12 last. She was delayed here owing to a strike of longshoremen, but got away from Tacoma, April 2, with a cargo of 17.000 measurement tons valued at $1,500,000 fora Vladivostok, Vladi-vostok, mostly for the Russian army. The Glengyle, the finest freighter that ever visited Puget Sound, was not equipped for passenger traffic. The Glengyle had on board about 120 persons, passengers and crew. All, with the exception of three Europeans Eu-ropeans and seven Chinese, were landed. So far as is known no Americans Amer-icans were on board. The Glengule which was homeward bound from Shang Hai, was sunk in the Mediterranean on Sunday. This was her second voyage Steamer Stoswald Sunk. Berlin, Jan. 3, via London, 5:59 p. m. The British steamer Stoswald has been sunk. The Stoswald was in the service of the British government and presumably presum-ably was sunk in the Mediterranean. She was 361 feet long, of 3S10 tons gross. |