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Show BRITISH COMMERCE 11$ IS NOT DESTROYED London, July 4 That the subma- '9 rino campaign instituted by Germany jl' is not materially affecting the lm- jjj ports and exports of the United King- l,t dom, despite its frightfulness and the L hardships inflicted on ship owners and J . crews that fall victim to their activi- p1 ties, is strongly intimated by an of- ficial document Issued by the press fo. bureau. It Is the report on arrivals I ft' and departures for the week ended ' v, June 30. ; ftjj During that week 1399 ships entered f0 or cleared from ports in the United i -g Kingdom, while the raiders' victims I -i numbered nineteen five British mer- 'I j chantmen and fourteen fishiug craft. I ir ;, The former were of the aggregate ton- 1 IJ nage of 11,626 and the latter of 1297. 1 Two steamships were added to the J T list today the Renfrew, in ballast "J jFj trom Belfast to Cardiff, and the 4355- 1 top steel coaler Larchraore, from 1 " . Cardiff to Bombay. Both were de- 1 gfj stroyed bv shell fire about seventy J i? miles off Wolf lighthouse. The sub- 1 ' marine first attacked tho Renfrew, .1 0' then started in pursuit of the Larch- J more, which was seeking to steam i j ' from the danger zone. Its flight was IS t brought to a speedy termination by a m Oi shell which wrecked the engine room, w killing one of tho engineers and serl- F ously wounding another. The crew I ' re was then permitted to take to the 1 tl boats before the ship was sunk. The B submarine was identified as the U-39. I ai Tho Norwegian brig Kopka, aban- I lc doned bv her master and crew under heavv shell fire from a submarine I ci June 30 and supposed to havo been sent to the bottom until found Friday, ln kept afloat by her cargo of lumber, G was towed into Qucenstown w,ith her li decks awash, but was successfully J 1 docked. ft |