Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-04-03 | Page 1 | British Ship is Torpedoed

lrnill IS TORPEDOED i German Submarine Pursues Steamer Lockwood, Strikes Steamer Abaft Engine Room Crew Is Saved. London, April 8, 12 noon. The Brit ish steamer Lockwood was torpedoed by a German submarine Friday night off Start Point, In Devonshire. The members of the crew were saved. A German submarine pursued the Lockwood for several miles before being able to gain a position from which she could discharge her torpedo. tor-pedo. The projectile struck the steamer steam-er abaft the engine room but the crew of twenty-five found time to lower a lifeboat Later they were picked up by a trawler and brought into port. The steamer Lockwood was owned in London Built in 1896 she was of 677 net tons and 236 feet long