The Washington times., 1915-01-10
VICTOR IN SEA FIGHT
IS SL|MP|NG TO PORT
The InvincibIe Escapes After
Sinking German Cruiser OFF
the Brazilian Coast.

RIO JANEIRO, Jan. 10.--Wireless re-
ports from Pernambuco say the Brit
ish battle cruiser Invinciblo IL slowly
making her way into port after sinking
the German battle cruiser Won Der
Tam Off the Brazilian coast yesterday
It is apparent the rnvincible Is badly
damaged, but nothing Is said concerning
loss OF life. Meager reports announce
all ON board.
The first report reaching here said
both tho Inyincible and the Won Der
Tam had been sunk in the battle. Later.
ceived n report by wireless that tho In
vipcible was still ahoat. The govern-
ment is without details.
The German battle cruiser Won Der
ish North Sea fleet and was on her way
to join Vice Admiral Graf Won. Spec 9
squadron. This squadron, which sank
the British armored cruisers Good Hope
and Monmouth off the Chilean coast on
under Rear Admiral Sir Frederick stur-.
dee on the morning of December of
the Falkland Islands. The German ar
mored cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneise-
nau and the light cruisers Nuremberg
cruiser Dresden escaped. ADMIRAL Won
Spec went down with his flagship, the
Scharnhorst.
Told of Departure.
The reported departure of the Vor
Der Tam to Join the German squadron
| in the South Atlantic was the las
news Of the German battle cruiser un
til yesterdays dispatch. with the ex
| cept!on Of a London dispatch on De
ccmber II regarding the naval fight of
| the Yorkshire coast between the Ger
man cruiser squadron and a British
destroyer fotilla following the German
bombardment Of Scarborough. Whitby
and Hartlepool. In this dispatch tn
statement WAS made that 1t was con
sidcrcd very likely that the Won De
Tam was one Of the German vessel
engaged IN the bombardment of tn
towns and the later engagement wit
the destroyer flotilla.
! The Won Der Tam was the earliest O
| Gcrmany's big battle cruisers. She wa
laid down in 1908. and completed ii
1910 She was a vessel of 1880 tons dis
| placement with Il length on the waite
line Of 5Ge.6 feet and speed of q.
knots. She carried complete belt O
krupp armor with q maximum thick
ness of 4s inches. Her arnlamen
! comprised eight u-inch guns, ten 5.s
four l9.5-inch submerged torpedo tubes
She carried complement of 31o officer
| and men.
| In Former Battle
Reports received late in NovcmDe
stated that the British battle cruise
lnvincible. the first vessel of her clas
built b. Great Britain, had left hom
waters for this side Of the Atlantic
The German embassy at Washingto
announced on December lS that the In
vincibIe was one Of the British vessel
engq sed in the Tight of the Falkland Is
lands. the others being the Infiexible,
sister ship OF the Invincibae. and tn
Canopus, the Carnarvon. the Cornwall
the Kent. the Glasgow. and the Bristo
The Invincible arrived at Montevide
on December 20. only long enough 10
Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdet
who was using her as his flagship. I
20 ashore and pay his respects to IN
! British ambassador and send a dispatc
to the admiralty. Nine men on the In
| vinciblc were wounded in tho battle
the cruiser being hit by six shells.
The construction work on the In
vincible was begun in April. 1906. an