Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-06-02
The European War Day by Day.
British Battleship Sunk.


tleship Triumph has been sunk in the
Dardanelles. This official announce
ment was made tonight.
The disaster TO the Triumph is de-
scribed in a brief statement by the
admiralty, which says that while OPP
Grating in support Of the Australian
and New Zealand forces on the shore
Of the Gallipoli Peninsula yesterday
the Triumph was tOrpedoed by a sub
marine and sunk shortly afterwards.
Most of the officers and men, in
Guiding the captain and commander.
are reported to have been saved.
The submarine was chased by de-
strOyers and patroling small craft un-
til dark
The battleship Triumph was built
at Barrow in 1902 for Chilli, but was
purchased by Great Britain in 1903.
She was laid down under the name Of
Libertad.
The Triumph, which was COM
manded by Capt Maurice e. Fitz-
maurice, was vessel Of 1 ,9S5 tons.
Her crew of officers and men in times
Of peace numbered about 700 men.
The vessel carried four l0-inch, four
teen 7.5-inch guns, fourteen IL
FOUNDERS and four 6-pounderS. She
also carried two 1S-inCh torpedo
tubes. She was 436 feet long, and
had a speed Of about 20 knots.
German Acroplanc Winged.
Paris, May ga German aero
Brainea. The pilot Of the French
machine which defeated the German
air craft was awarded the military
medal and the oilicer-observer was
promoted.
BattlcShip Majestic at Bottom.
London, May 27.-The torpedoing
and sinking OF the British battleship
Majestic is announced by the admiral
ty in the following statement:
An enemy submarine torpedoed
and sank H. NJ. S. ,jestic, Capt II.
+. G. Talbot this morning while it
was supporting the army on the Gal
lipoli Peninsula. Nearly all OF the
officers and men were saved"
The battlcship Majestic was a yes
sci OF l4.900 tons and Of 10000
horsepower. Her officers and crew
on peace footing aggregated 757.
The Majestic, which was built in
1895, carried four 12-inch. twelve s.
inch and sixteen 3-inch guns and
twelve %-pOunders. In addition she
was armed with five lS-inch torpedo
tubes.
The sinking OF the Majestic makes
the fifth British battleship lost in the
Dardanclles campaign, and the second
by hostile submarine, the Triumph
having been sent to the bottom in the
Gulf Of Saros Wednesday. (The
French also have lost one battlcship
i'm the Turkish campaign-thc Bou-
Nct.D
Steamer Down by Accident.
London, May 27.-Lloyd's an
nounccs that the British steamer
Princess Irene was suddenly blown
up to-day in Shcerness harbor The
Princess Irene was in the govern
mcnt service. Shcerness is naval
arsenal OF Great Britain on the
Thames.
The admiralty in confirming the eX-
plosion on board the Princess Irene
says that IS workmen must have per-
ished in the disaster. The state
mcnt Of the admiralty says:
The Princess Irene was acciden-
tally blown up in Sheerncss harbor
this morning. So far as is yet known
only one survivor was picked up.
were not on board at the time of the
disaster.
Several men belonging to vessels
lying close to the Princess Irene were
wounded by falling splinters."
Submarine Sinks Danish Ship.
South Shields, Eng, May 27.-The
Danish steamer Bette was torpedoed
and sunk by German submarine in
the North Sea Yesterday The crew
has been brought to the Tyne
The Betty, PSI feet long. DISPLACED
| .267 tons. She was built in 1912
and was owned in Copenhagen. She
sailed from Baltimore April 10 for
Copenhagen, where she arrived May
Sth.
Canadian Steamer Sunk