The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-04
DESCRIBES LIFE ON
GERMAN SUBMARINE
Norwegian Ship Captain Tells
Of Four Days in U Boat
as Prisoner.
WERE WE'LL TREATED

Special c~orresSe~lsaos 10 Tns suH.
LONDON. May iS.-Life in . German
submarine Is described by Capt. Norbers
Of the Norwegian bark lAndnsid. which
vas sent to the bottom BY the Germans
in the latter par Of March. Capt. Nor
berg ana his crew were taken aboard the
submarine after their ship had been
destroyed.
The LindAsid. q four masted bark Of
2.21s tons. had been Ifs days At sea
when on Friday. March ~. about eighty
miles southwest Of Fastnet. . submarine
was sighted on tho surface. The sub
marine approached and Med two shots.
NJ which oae hit the bark's b%owsprit.
Al the same time the German naval
nag was run up and Capt. Norberg was
ordered by signal 20 send his ships doc
uments to the submarine. A iifeboat
was swung out and the mate and -four
men rowed over with the documents,
while the rest Of the crew gathered to-
gether their belongings. When the mate
left the submarine che hoisted a signal
ordering the Norwegians TO abandon
their ship as quickly a. possible. Cap
tain and crew then took to the boats
and the submarine fred four shots INTO
the bark. which ann In forty minutes.
The submarine commander had prom
ised TO tow the boats as far as he dared
toward the west coast Of ireland. and
this was done. II was a rough journey,
with the waves breaking over the boats.
and after three hours the painter broke.
The submarine commander then ordered
the Llndfeld's crew on board his ves-
sci. but they had 20 leave their belong
inss behind them. The boats were again
taken In tow. but AFTER q few hours. with
increasing wind and sea, they were lost,
Speed Of ~ Knott.
It was about 5 p. NJ. when the Lind
fields crew of twenty-four were taken
on board the submarine. Capt. Nor
berg remained In the coming tower for
an hopr chatting with the commander
and the pilot. The submarine. which
WAS marked C-70. was an excellent sea
boat, eco feet In length. with a crew OF
thirty-seven. including the commander,
captain OF tho Lindneld was Allowed
10 20 wherever he liked or board. He
was told that on the surface the subma-
rine could attain a speed OF 25 knots.
but that was so-called emergency speed
Below the surface the maximum speed
was Is knota. The subms rine was prob
ably built in 1914. as the motors had
that date stamped on them.
There were two guns OH deck aud a
supply Of 800 shells was carried. There
were two torpedo tubes. one forward
ard one aft. and the vessel could carry
ten torpedoes. When the Lindfeld's
crew came on board there were nine
~torpedoes. One had been used the day
before in torpedoing a steamer. Cap
Norberg was told that tho submarine
could remain away from her base for
thirty 10 forty days. II was then a
week since she had left Germany. prob
ably Bremen.
on the surface there were n
watches-four hours on duty with eight
hours of but when the boat was sub
mel gcd all the crew had 20 be on duty.
The officers cabin. where Capt, Norherg
was lodged, was comfortably provided
with three herths. The vessel was Of
course lighted and heated by electricity.
which also was used for cooking. The
Lindneid's crew. including two British
ses,nen, who were treated exactly as
the others. were lodged in the torpedo
chamber.
The prisoner. got the sans food as
the submarine crew, Breakfast con-
sisted Of coffee. black bread, butter.
sugar. condensed milk and "a usa ges. a
similar meal was served at I oclock and
again AZ 8 30 =. NJ. except In the latter
case there was tea instead Of coffee. and
eardines In addition. Luncheon on Sat
urday consisted of mutton stew. on
sunday there was fresh meat and po-
tatoes, with preserved plums as dessert,
on Monday the midday meal WAS Of
rice and sausagee.
Submerged IN 80 seconds.
The submarine remained o n the sur
face until Saturday afternoon. when a
British dest-oyer was observed. The
weather was somewhat misty. The sig-
nal To 20 down was Immediately given
and In nifty seconds the submarine sub
merged to about ten fathoms. A little
later she rose to eight fathoms and kept
AT that depth for three-quarters OF an
hour. when she went down again 20 te''
fathoms on account OF the weather con
dlt,ons. which the commander did not
Ike. There she remained for three
hours. Then she rose and travelled on
the surface all through the night and all
iay on SUNDAY. At 7:35 r. NJ. on sum
dav another British destroyer was OBJ
served and she went down again n re-
manned some time.
During the night she rose again and
remained on the surface until 30 oil
Monday morning. when she went down
again to eight fathoms on account Of
fog and remained down until 8 o'clock
As tho weather was still fosgy when
she rose she at once sank again and
travelled slowly at a depth Of six faith
oms for a couple OF hours. For the rest
Of that day and until the following
morning she stayed on the surface.
During this time the weather war
clear with n southeasterly breeze. Al
10 o'clock on Tuesday morning the sub
marine Owed for an hour. and Capt
Norbcrg understood that she was eX-
changing signals with some other ship
An hour and "A half later she came
alongside the Norwegian bark Silas. and
the prisoners were transferred to this
ship with the exception Of one man
who had passed at the Norwegian con
sulatc as a Norwegian. but was prob
ably a German. The two British sea.
men were transferred to the Silas with
the others,
Even after the submarine had re.
manned below the surface for Ave hours
the air was very good. and there wal
no difficulty IN breathing and no feeling
Of oppression.
DREYFUS'S SON H0N0RED.