The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09


running fight the German cruiser
Buecher was sunk and two of her
sister ships set on fire. Several raids
have been made by German naval de-
tachments on the British coast in
which Yarmouth, Scarborough, Whit
by, Hartlepool and Lowestoft have
been bombarded. The last of these
raids was made April &c, last, on
which occasion, according to the Ger
man claim, British destroyer and
two scout ships were sunk.
Submarine Losses Heavy.
The most serious losses to the
British fleet hitherto have been
through the operations of German
submarines and by means of mines.
Such an instance occurred September
%, 1914, when the British cruisers
Hogue, Cressy and Aboukir were tor
pedoed within an hour by the Ger
man submarine U-9.
The German navy, however, per-
formed brilliant feats in regions far
distant from Europe, its most notable
victory being in the battle off Coro-
mel, Chile, early in the war, when the
German Far Eastern squadron, at
tempting to reach home waters, en-
countered a British fleet under Ad-
miral Cradock. In the battle the Ger
mans sent the British cruisers Good
Hope and Monmouth to the bottom
with all hands. A month later pow
erful British squadron met the vic
torious Germans off the Falklands
and of the five German cruisers in
the squadron, four-the Scharnhorst,
the Gneisenau, the Nurenburg and the
Leipsig-were sent to the bottom.
The fifth, the Dresden, escaped, but
was caught later and destroyed.
The British dreadnought Warspite,
reported destroyed in the North sea
engagement, is sister ship of the
prominent part in the attempt to force
Queen Elizabeth, which played a
prominent part in the attempt to force
the Dardanelles. The Warspite was
$50 feet long and displaced 27,5OO
tons. She was built at Devonport in
1914 at an estimated cost of $12,5OO,-
0C0. The Warspite is reported to have
carried eight 16-inch guns In place
of the 15-inch guns carried by the
Queen Elizabeth. She also was equip
ped with IL or 16 six-inch guns, IL
four-inch guns and four three-pound-
ers and was fitted with four 21-inch
torpedo tubes. Her complement was
75O.
The Queen Mary and Indefatigable
were battlecruisers of $4,000 and 49,
750 tons displacement, respectively.
The Queen Mary was 720 feet long, 81
feet beam and drew 80 feet of water.
The Queen Mary was completed in
1913. She carried eight 13.5-incb
guns, 16 four-inch guns and was
equipped with three 21-inch torpedo
tubes.
The Indefatigable was 578 feet long,
79 1-2 feet beam and 27 Sd feet deep.
This battlecruiser was equipped with
eight 12-inch guns, 16 six-inch guns
and had three 21-inch torpedo tubes.
The Queen Mary and the Indefatiga-
hle carried compliments of between
900 and $50. The Queen Mary cost
about $10,000,000, while the Indefa-
tigable cost nearly $8,OO0,0OO.
The Invincible, a battlecruiser, was
laid down in 1907. She displaced IT,
250 tons, was 562 feet long over all,
78 feet beam and 26 feet deep. HeI
normal complement was 731. She was
armed with eight 12-inch guns, 16
four-inch guns and three torpedo
tubes. The Invincible took part in
the naval engagement off the Falkland
islands in December, 1914, in which
the German Pacific squadron, after
defeating a British squadron off the
Chilean coast, was destroyed.
The Defense was built in 1907, dis
placed $4,000 tons and ordinarily car
rjed 755 men. Her length was 525
feet, her beam IA feet and her maxi
mum draught % feet. She was armed
with four 9.2-inch and ten 7.5-inch
guns, 16 12-pounders and five torpedo
tubes.
The Black Prince was built in 1904,
displaced 1880 tons and carried 7O4
men. She was 480 feet long and 7s
feet of beam. Her armament was six
9.2-inch and ten six-inch guns, 20
three-pounders and three torpedo
tubes.
The Warrior displaced 1860 tons
and was 480 feet long. Her compile
ment was 704. She carried six 9.2-
inch and four 7.5-inch guns, "a three
Founders and three torpedo tubes.
The British dreadnought Marlbor-
ough was of the Iron Duke class. She
was built at Devonport in 1914, dis
placed $4,000 tons, was 620 feet long,
80 1-2 feet beam and 81 feet deep.
She carried ten 13.5-inch guns, IL six
inch guns and number Of smaller
arms. She also was equipped with
four submerged torpedo tubes.
The German battleship Pommern,
which was sung by British torpedo,
displaced 1897 tons. She was 398
feet long, 72 feet beam and 25 feet
deep. The Pommern was built in
1907 at a cost Of about $4,000, 900.