The weekly soliphone., 1915-05-28
BRITISH WARSHIP
SUNK BY TURKEY
Vessel Operating in Dardanelles Is
Torpedoed by Submarine and
Sinks in Z Minutes.

DdCLleSHlp lIlumPh hno oO0h S
in the Dardanelles. This official
announcement was made tonight.
The disaster to the Triumph Is
described in brief statement by
the admiralty, which says that
| while operating in support of the
Australian and New Zealand forces
on the shore of the Gallipoli Pen
insula yesterday, the Triumph was
torpedoed by submarine and sank
shortly afterward.
| The majority of the 700 officers
and men, including the captain and
commander, are reported to have
been saved. The submarine was
chased by destroyers and patrolllng
small craft until dark.
With the sinking of the Triumph,
| fived allied battleships have been
accounted for in the Dardanelles by
Turkish gunfire, mines or torpe-
does. Of these losses the British
have sustained four-the Triumph,
Ocean, Irresistible and Goliah. One
French ship has been sunk-the
Bouvet. In addition, several other
battleships at various times have
been struck by Turkish shells and
forced to retire from the fighting in
the waterways.
The battleship Triumph was built
at Barrow in 1902 for the Chilean
government, but was purchased by
Great Britain in 1908. She was
laid down under the name of Lib
Grated and was a sister ship of the
Constitution, which also was pur-
chased from Chile and rechristened
Swiftsure.
Since the present war broke out
the TRUMP has been in operation in
both far eastern and European wa
| ters. AS flagship of the British
Asiatic squadron she participated in
| the bombardment of the German
base of Tsing-tau, China, last Octo-
Der, and was reported to have been
| damaged by the shells of the Ger
man fort.
After the fall of Tsin-tau the Tri-
umph returned to European waters
and early in the Present year began
operations with the units of the
allied fleets against the Dardanelles.
In the latter part of April the Tri-
umph bombarded the Turkish
Trenches on the western end of the
Gallipoli Peninsula, and afterward
went into the Dardanelles to search
the trenches from a different angle.
Here she came under the fire of
Turkish howitzer battery on the
Asiatic shore which dropped 16
shells around her and threw three
missiles on board. Little damage
was done by the shells, however,
and only two men, stoker and a
bluejacket, were wounded. The bat
tleship silenced the Turkish battery
before retiring.
A few days later, while landing
operations were proceeding the Tri-
umph, with other warships, in ad-
dition to covering the landing,
bombarded the forts in the Dardan-
elles to prevent re-enforcements
reaching the Turks from the sea of
Marmora. The Triumph was cred
tied in the official reports with
having set fire to the town of Mai
dos during this bombardment.
The Triumph, which was com
fmanded by Capt. Maurice E. Fitz-
maurice, was vessel of 1885 tons
and of 12,500 horse power. Her
crew of officers and men in times
of peace numbered about 700 men.
The vessel carried four 10 inch, IA
7.5 inch guns and IA 14-pounders,
and four 6-pounders. In addition,
she carried two IS inch torpedo
tubes
Berlin, May 27.-A Constantino-
pie dispatch to the Tageblatt says
tfat the British battleship Triumph
was sunk by single torpedo and
that she disappeared in seven min
utes.
GERMANS FIGHT WAY FORWARD
ALONG SAN; $4,000 PRIS-
ONERS TAKEN.
London, May 26.-Although call
ed upon to face another enemy in
Italy, whose troops have crossed the
eastern border, the Austrians and
Germans have not relaxed their eff
forts on the other fronts.
In middle Galicia they have as
Sumed the offensive aoainct +bo