The Washington times., 1916-07-10
US. UNDERSEA BOATS
FIRST TO MAKE TRIP
Ten American Submarines
Crossed Ocean to England
Under Their Own Power.

The first submarines to cross the At
lantic were ten American made Brit
ish submerslbies. which left Montreal.
Canada, in July Of last year and made
successful and more or less uncventful
voyages to England under the escort OF
British cruisers. They were not Obliged
to do any submerging on the way In
order to. dodge enemy warships. and
made eight knots an hour on the sur
face without any mishaps.
These boats were built Jointly Dy the
Bethlehem Steel Works and the Electric
Doat Company. The various parts
We're shipped to Canada and there put
These submarines steamed to Ports
mouth. a distance OF 5000 miles from
Montreal and some Of them then went
on to the Dardanelles. making grand
port
The exploits of the British r boats
In the Standardization miles from
rortsmouth-testifed to the prowess OF
fhsse boats. The ELL and her partner
Derdanelles In the Sea Of Mormora
raiding shipping. One British sub
mersible In that time succeeded in sink
Ing twenty-three ships and Smelling two
Iaiiroad trains. being the first sub
nersible to bompard a place on shore.
NO lTOuDle fOr br1t1sn.
The British submarines have been able
to operate on bigger scale further
away from home than the U-boats Of
tic Germans Nv reason OF the exigencies
CT the war. but the German subma rines
nave gone often and far from their
bases, as IN" frequent sinking of ships
OF the allies In the Mediterranean dur
Ing the last two years has proved. Ger.
man submarine activities have been re-
ported In the Aegean and OF the coast
OF Syria.
The German submarine which sank
the Lusitania made a long journey
around the north OF Ireland before sh,
was able TO send her torpedo into the
great liner ten miles off the Old Head
OF kinsale. on the southern coast OF
Ireland.
on June % last the U-a5 Of the Ger
man navy arrived at Cartagenn. Spain
with n personal letter from the Kaiser
to King Alfonso Of Spain. Lieut.. vor
Arnauld delivered the letter and also
unloadcd some medicine and supplies fo
the crew Of German vessel intcrneC
In the harbor. Two days later a CORE
spondent ut Madrid sent word to Lon
don that another I-boat was on its wa,
Kaiser to President Wilson.
Mystery In Reports.
Two weeks before this. however, ri
mors were current here that a German
submarine was coming here. A rcpor
even was published on June " that be
of 500 had been made that a German
submarine would register her arriva
with customs officers before july o.
On June :. people began 20 look 10
the submarine at hampton Roads. ant
the tug Thomas +. Ilmmons started u
look for her in order to escort her NJ
Chesapeake Bay. II was then said tina
the C-boat would have on board a cargo
or dycstuffs ana the kaisers letter.
1t was expected that she would make
port by June ~. and the fact that sh'
was obliged to go a long distance out Of
he: way to avoid vessels OF tho Anne!
accounts In a measure for her being &c
long overdue.
In the early part of June II was re
ported In London that the feasibility
German submarine merchant fleet
concerning which rumors mad ueen re
ceived. was not discounted there. IN
British then knew. It was said. that
big submarine was being built at stet
tin, and that II was the intention Of tn
Germans to send her from hamburg OF
a trip to the United States.