Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-27
Official Announcement Made
That Triumph Is Sent toI
Bottom by Torpedo From
German Submarine,
MOST OF OFFICERS
AND CREW ARE SAVED
Vessel Operating in Support of
Australian and New Zealand
Troops on GalIlpOIi PENN
SuIa When Sunk,

London. May 20 tll:36 y, m.l-The
British battleship Triumph has been
sunk in the Dardanclles This official
announcement was made tonight.
The discster TO the Triumph is ad-
mitted In q brief statement by the ad-
miralty. which says that while oper-
ating in support Of the Australian and
New Zealand forces on the shore Of
the Gallipoli peninsula yesterday the
Triumph was torpedoed by u suhma-
rlne and sank shortly afterwards.
The majority of the officers and
men. including the captain and COM
mander, are reported to have been
saved. rhe submarine was chased by
destroyers and patrolling small craft
until dark.
The battleship Triumph was built at
Barrow in 1902 for the Chilean gov
eminent. but was purchased by Great
Britain In 1908. She was laid down
under the name of Libertad and was
a sister ship of the Constitution,
which also was purchased from Chile
and re-christened Swiftsure.
Since the present war broke out the
Triumph has been in operation in
both far eastern and European wa-
ters As flagship of the British Asiat-
ic squadron she participated IN the
bombardment of the German base Of
Using Tau, China, last October, and
was reported TO have been damaged
by the shell fire of the German forts.
After the fan of Tsing Tau, the
Triumph returned to European waters
and early In the present year began
an operation with tue other units Of
the fleet at the Dardunelles. The lat
ter part of April the Triumph bonn
barded the Turkish trenches on the
western end of the Gallipoll peninsula
and afterwards went into the Darda-
nellcs TO search the trench from a diff
ferent angie. Here she came under
the fire of a Turkish hoWitzer battery
on the Asiatic shore, which dropped
sixteen shells around her and threw
three missiles ON board. Little dam
age was done by the shells. however,
and only two men, a stoker and blue
jacket. we're wounded. The battle
ship sileneed the Turkish battery be-
fore retiring.
A few days later, while landing OPP
erations were proceeding, the Tri-
umph, with other warships covering
the landing, bombarded the forts IN
the Dardanelles to prevent reinforce
ments reaching the Turks from the
sea of Marmora The Triumph was
credited in the official reports with
having set fire TO the town Of Maidos
during this bombardment.
The Triumph, which was command
ed by Capt. Maurice Il. Fitzmaurlce.
was "a vessel Of IL, 9S5 tons and 12,500
horse power, Her crew of officers and
men in time of peace number about
200 men. The vessel carried four
1O-inch, fourteen 7-5-inch guns and
fourteen 14-poundars and four g..
Founders. In addition she carried two
1S-inch torpedo tubes
With the sinking of the Triumph
five allied battleships have been ac-
counted for in the Dardanelles by
Turkish gunfire, mines or torpedoes
OF these losses the British have sus-
tanned fonr--the Triumph, Ocean. Ir-
resistible and Goliath One French
ship mas been sunk--the Bowel In
addition, several other battleships
have at various times been struck
by Turkish shells and forced to retire
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