The chronicle=news., 1914-11-14
GIANT BRITISH WARSHIP
SUNK BY. TORPEDO,
Loss To ~! I;;>!c,S NAVY

lU0ll III
New York, Nov. 14.-Rumors Of
disaster to. the British superdread-
nought Audacious, which have been
persistent ever since the White Star
liner Olympic, diverted from her
course, arrived at Lough Swilly on
October 70, are confirmed in mail
advioes received today by the A. P.
from point in Ireland. 55l=
After q career of less than two
Year, the Audacious, third in ton
mage and armament Of his ma ajesty's
warships, lies at the bottom Of the
North sea. She was hit by a tor
pedo or mine October 27. With the
possible exception Of one or two men
the whole crew of 800 officers and
men were rescued by small boats
from the Olympic. The rescue was
made in rough sea through bril-
liant and daring seamanship on the
part Of the White Star crew.
The battleship's cry for assistance
was caught by the wireless operator
Of the Olympic, which was only
about 10 miles distant. The steamer
4Lshed forward at full speed. VOL
unteers were called for and double
the number necessary to man the life
boats responded. The crippled bat
tleship was reached in a few minutes
after 8 o'clock and before noon all
but one hundred Of her men had been
transferred.
The destruction of the Audacious
Is the. most serious single loss sus-
tanned BY the British navy since the
opening Of hostlities. Only few
BFitish ships outrank her in size and
fighting equipment.
The Aalacious' displacement was
1900 tons and her length 596 fest.
Her armament consisted Of ten 1875
i1Na. 9saA ixtssm kinch guns, four
4.ze.1dask AaAs tAEse tQgpsdg .t1lea.
81 fsr t1isle111ir r6jSSa6l I'd ! Sres1 II
~ knpts u hour, being faster uIl-
der trial than the othee vessels Of
he- class.
BY that time the battleship had
a decided list at the stern, where
Just below the waterline she had re-
ceived her wound. Two of her en-
gines were unharmed, but the one
aft was put out Of commission.
After taking off all the officers
and crew who would leave the ship,
Captain Haddock OF the Olympic
turned his attention to an attempt
to save the warship.| A cable was
given her. hut it snapped as it tight
ened. Meantime the bulk heads be-
gan to giveway and 1t was soon ap-
parent that 1t would be impossible to
tow the ship or keep her afloat. The
cruiser Liverpool and several other
warships had come up and stood by.
Late in the afternoon it was decided
10 aoandon the Audacious and the Of
ficers and men who mad remained on
board, and the Audacious plunged
stern first and i'll a moment had dis
appeared.
The explosion is supposed to have
been caused by shells set loose by
the Germans A bit of armor plate
torn from the sinking ship struck
The deck OF the Liverpool. cutting
the legs from under gunner, who
died in a short time. .--
TheAudacious met her fate 20
miles off the Irish coast which the
Olympic was skirttng.
The Olympic sailed from New
York for Glasgow on October 81. She
had been warned that there were
German mines off TORY Island ana
rear of these mines was the official
exclamation when she unexpectedly
nut into Lough Swilly.
The Olympic's passengers saw
The mighty warrior sink. Then their
shin turned her prov toward Lough
Swilly. Small craft cleared the
route TO make sure it was free OF
mines. From October % to Novem-
her Q the Olympic lay at Lough
swilly. Charles NJ. schwab was the
only passenger who left the olympic
nerore IL docked at Belfast Novem-
har Even officers of the White
star line were not permitted to board
tne OLYMPIC at Lough Swilly and all
snnnlies were taken aboard ny men
NJ the navy. After the steamer en-
torod Relfast harbor one OF the walt
ers on board was arresteu' e'a' se'
with being spy. .oo
The Olympic carried about l'aVo
Messengers. Nearly 100 OF these were
Erp,ish reservists. All passengers
other than British, were denied pas
SAGE from Belfast to Liverpool anc
we're compelled to go to Duol'n
,.h;ch is an open port, to take boats
"a, england. Secrecy regarding the
,oss of the Audacious were en1o1net
upon the crew and passengers 's OF .ns
olympic who were urged to relIa''
from discussing the tragedy. pendint
4 complete investigation. the @ erev
of the Audicious was removed IRON
,na liner as soon as warships for tn