Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-16
British Submarine Fails to
Rise; Crew suffocating
Hundred Feet Below Sur.
face of Sound.
SIGNALS RECEIVED
FROM HER SAILORS
Anxiety Intense as Salvage
Vessels Hover Helplessly
Above Watery Grave of
War-B0at.
Inv Ira-cd wire 10 T,cnIne Herald. J

my Leased Wire To- Evening Herald.
Plymouih. England. San 10 The
failure of the British submarine
"A-7" with sixteen men on board 90
rise To- tho surface after she had dived
To the bottom OF Plymouth sound
during mancuNcrs caused Intense
erxiciy here After the mancuVers
were over tive sister submarines no.
ticcd that their companion vessel did
not come up aud immediately sig
nailed for assistance TO Plymouth ana
Deyonport
salvage vessels hurried TO the
sceae. Bubbles were seen rising 20
the surface in Cawsand bay and
Frapplers were thrown out To bring
the wrecked vessel 10 the surface, al-
though the bubbles Indicated that her
hull had hoon penetrated and caused
despair Tor the salvation ~ the crew.
a short time afterwards, however
'hr parent vessel Opyx aot into com
municatinn with the sailors. all %
whom were alive.
AZ o'clock tho crew had not yot
been rescued.
A. the submarine had gone down
some time before noon She had then
been below water for over six hours
Tho last signal from the ontombed
men was heard at a quarter past fiye
The vessel lies about 100 feet deep
Admiralty officials declare that the
crew consists of Lieutenant Albert
N. Whitman, another officer and four p
teen men, making total of sixteen.
The submarine WAS engaged IN ex.
erclaUs In the sound with "a number
Of her skier vessels She failed TO-
come 90 the aarface with the other
boats when the maneuNefH were
brought % an end
The Ar" was one 81 a class of
nine hoats numbered AS" 20 "a
49, She WAS huilt in 1904 and meas
ured l50 feet IN length. Her sub
merged displacement WIS 20ff tons.
iier engines developed an indicated
horse power Of 600, giving her sur
n-ce speed Of sixteen knots and a
submcrged speed OF nine knots
Tho "A-7" lies az the bottu,a OF
CaWsand bay on the western shore
At Plymouth sound.
Two other vessels 81 exactly the
mme type have met with disaster
the AS" al Queenstown In 1905.
Wlth IA loss of four lives. and the
"A-S" az Plymouth In 1906 with a
Gcath list OF fifteen.
The British navy has also lost "a
number uf other submarines wilhia
recent years. The "A-1" WAS
wrecked in 1894 when twelve men
were drowned "No. Z" was lo1, lu
1895 but an were savedi the "C-s"
in ig07 when four were drowned
she cell" In 1909 when thirteen
we're drowned. the "A-a" IN 1919,
with the loss of eleven lives and the
"B2" In tho same year with death
i,st Of fifteen.
The submarine was executing div
irp maneuyora with the rest ~ the
first fiotilia station here. consistlng
OF "A-7", "A-6" ana "As9". when
the other boats rose % the surface
the nhacurc ~ she "A.7" was no.
tlccd signals were al once made
to Plymouth and Davenport AMI
these hruugh; the depot ship "oByN"
aud ,eral salvage steamers 10 the
scene az FUN speed. The salvage
vessels made speedy efforts to grnp-
pie the submarine, whose approxi-
mate whereabouts was Indicated by
buhhlcs The hopes OF saving life,
however. were regarded as small the
rising bubbles showing that the
water had penetrated the subma-
rine's hull