The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-17
BRITISH CRUISER
SUNK in NORTHISEA
BY A SUBMARINE
Out of Crew of 400 Men on.
Board, Only Seventy
One Saved.
THE HAWKE TORPEDOED
BY GERMAN WAR VESSEL
Fourth English Ship to Be De-
stroyed Within Month
by Enemy.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY ADMIRALTY
Ono OF Survivors Recently Saved
Following Disaster tn ffe
The HAWKE TORPED0ED
BY GERMAN WAR VESSEL
ANNOUNCEMENT BY ADMIRALTY
Ono OF Survivors Recently, Saved
Following Disaster to the
Hogue.

Especial Cable TO The Times Dispatch ]
LONDON, October i6.--British pro-
tccted second class cruiser Hawke was
struck by torpedo from German
submarine and sunk in the northern
waters OF the North Sea. according to
an official announcement of the British
admiralty to-day. The cruiser Thcseus
was attacked. but the torpedo missed
Its mark.
First reports were that of the 400
officers and men on the Hawke but
hfty were saved. Tonight. however.
the press bureau Issued 4 further list
OF survivors. bringing the number
saved up to seventy-one, and st is hoped
that the loss OF life may yet prove
not TO have been SO heavy. Lieutenant
Commander Rosaman, and twenty men
were picked up from raft, according
10 thi5 later report. The earlier
rescued were landed ut Aberdeen
x. Soon after the publication OF this
bulletin recording the sinking of the
seventh British wnrship, five OF them
By German submsNines, there was cir
culated the REPORT rcceire6 from Il cor.
respondent OF the Edinburgh Scotsman
that British patrol ships had located
y
y OF Holland Rnd HAD sunk her This
took some of tho Cd gc5 from the
po'gnancy OF the British grief over
y the loss OF the Hawke, out -ti,e shock
:, has heensa severe on>, Especially IN
yic@ of the extsaordinaiy sprecantions
which are ordered 20 dc gtnEen fol-
lowing the triple disaster to the
Aboukir. Hogue and Crcssy, which
took down with them 1.46O men
The Hawke was commanded BY Cap
fIi q i,.
the chief officers \of the cruiser are
believed lost.
SIDNEY AUSTIN SURVIVES
TWO SUBMARINE ATTACKS
One OF the survivors, Sidney Austin,
hoatswa!n OF the Hawke, was one
of the few saved from the Hogue.
After the sinking OF this vessel he
within two weeks he has survived two
submarine attacks.
The admiralty gave out this an
nounccment:
His Majesty's ship Theseus. Cap
tain Hugh Edwards, was attacked by
q submarine in the northern waters
of the North Sea yesterday afternoon,
but was missed. His Majcstys ship
Hawke. Captain II. Z. E. IT. Williams.
was attacked about the same time and
was sunk. The following officers. with
forty-nine men of the crew, have been
landed at Aberdeen from a trawler:
"Boatswain Sidney Austin. Gunner
James Dennis and Acting Gunner
Harry Eyitt. The remaining officers
apd men are missing.
Further particulars will be pub
lished as soon az available.
THE Hawke was a cruiser built In
1889"
Later 1t was announced by the of
fetal press bureau that Lieutenant
Commander Robert r. Rosaman and
on which they had taken refuge.
SERIOUSLY DAMAGED
IN COLLISION IN 1911
The Hawke is the British cruiser
which collided with the White Star
Line steamer Olympic September 20.
1911. near Osborne Bay. on the north
side of the Isle OF Wight. She re-
ceived serious damage.
The Hawke was of 1850 tons dis,
placement. $50 feet long, of sixty-foot
Eeam and drew twenty-three feet of
water, She was a sister ship OF the
Edgar, Endymion, Grafton, Theseus and
Gibraltar, and was launched In 1891.
Her armament. consisted of two 9.2-
irch guns, ten six-inch guns, twelve
six-pounders, five three-pounders. two
machine guns and two torpedo tubes.
Her regular complement is 544'men.
The Hawke was commanded. Accord
lflS 10 the 6rltlSn admiralty list OF
September, 1914, by Captain Hugh p. r..
Il. Williams, and among her officers
were Commander Bernard a. Pratt Bar
low and Lieutenant Commander Robert
r. Rosomnn.
The Hawke is the fourth British
cruiser to be torpedoed and sunk in the
+ North Sea within n month. The Abou-
iiir, Hogue and Cressy. succumbed to.
the attack of n German submarine some
three weeks ago, carrying sixty Brie-
ish officers and ..400men to their death.
While the Hawke was laid down in
Juno of 1889, she was launched at
Chatham on, March II, 1891.
Among her officers at the time of this
disaster, were eight naval cadets
other British warsf1ips lost since the
outbreak of hostilittes, are tho cruiser
Amphion. sunk In the North Sea by
mine, August 6. and the cruiser Path
finder, torpedoed in the North Sea, Sep
tember 10. The loss of4the Hawke
makes total of six British cruisers
destroyed by Germany in tho North.
Sea since the beginning Of the war
To Reduce Cotton Acreage.