The sun., 1915-10-24
GALLANT BRITISH SAVE
SUBMARINE FROM TURKS
Two Picket Boat Crews Daringy Destroy the Stranded
ELS to Keep Her Out of the
Enemy's Hands,
Special Correspondence 10 Tss sus

Special Correspondence 10 Tns suS.
LONDON, Oct. 5.-An extremely inter-
esting account Of the destruction of the
British submarine E-l5 in the Dar-
danel,es to prevent her from falling into
the hands OF the Turks Is given by one
OF the men who took part In the exploit
II will be recalled that the Els went up
the Dardaneiles at daylight on April IL
in an attempt to torpedo a Turkish ship
NJ the Narrows. The boat ran ashore In
Kephex Bay n few miles west Of
'Chanak. on the Asiatic shore.
The accident to the ELS was dis
covered by the brother OF the sub
marines Captain. who went up AZ an OBJ
server In an aeroplane to watch the da III
OF the small craft commanded by his
brother. 1t was he who reported to the
Admiral commanding the British fleet
that the coming tower of the frail boat
was closed and that Turkish destroyer
was standing by evidently planning to
begin salvage operations.
Extracts OF the story. which Is printed
In BIdckUood's MdOdsine. follow:
THE coming tower and little OF the
whaleback Were showing above water
Submarine Rs went up. but could not
do anything. as the current was so
strong. She fred one torpedo. but could
not see II she hi;. That night two de-
stroyers went up the strait to attack
ELS. They got fairly near her. but
saw nothing to fire at Aeropla nes also
had endeavored to drop bombs on her
without success. being unable to come
down close enough on account OF the
Turkish aerial guns.
"Next mOrning Bill tthe famous sub
marine that dived under the mines some
, months ago and sank Turkish ship
went up to try her luck. hut came back
ana reported she could do nothing owing
to fog.
'ln the afternoon the Triumph and
Majestic, two patrol battleships at the
time. were ordered to enter the strait
and endeavor to destroy E-15 at long
! range. spotted by an aeroplane. but not
to close inside the line or mine swept
area. Each ship fired her turret guns
at 10000 yards. but with only target
I OF coming tower OF submarine at
/ hve and a quarter miles II was found
impossible to hit. During this operation
the Triumph was hit her twenty-third
| time by howitzer. but no serious
damage done
!
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man. ,osnnrstI,i,iti.s In LnyI,ud sn Y
wer. of course as keen as mustard
Il was many years the senior and
therefore had the prior right but did
not want 10 take an unfair advantage
over v so offered to throw the dice the
best OF three throws to win. we .ach
won one throw amid some excitement In
the mess and then Y threw four tens,
which easily beat with four aces
Al i. NJ We holsteh out our picke'
boat ana htteo the dropping gear we
also placed Il Maxim gun IN the bow
| rIhes ana ammunition ana HE neit Tor
each man was ordered TO cut down
| the crew 10 the SMALLEST possible nuilher'
Many men wanted 10 60 hut settled on
two sealncn gunners Tor the Maxim four
seamen torpedo men 'two each side).
one leading stoker two stokers and a
torpedo petty officer to act as cox
I swain. So altogether we had one officer
| myself and ten men, also Lieutenant
| Commander Robinson, who was in COM
mand of both boats. and Midshipman
, Noollcy. also from the Vengeance.
while II was still light the Captain
| kept about three miles outside the en-
trance, with our boats on the s.de of the
ship away from the shore. so that the
enemy, even with powerful glasses, could
not have any idea OF what was going on.
weather Was Too Fine.
~ = W tne weather looheu yer!
apie-oVercast' WIN a snsht maze
over tne iaho ana inoieatiohs OF hsht
raih-put 'ater u cleared up ana became
100 me lot our iK1he
| AT ~ y. NJ the Majestic boat ar
rived win Lieut.. Z. ii. Godw.h' j. ~,
IN charse' ana shortiy aiter we pushed
| on with my boat leading and the Ma
)estics following about 500 yards astern.
I'VE steamed about eight knots, as