The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-01
NEW GERMAN RAIDER
LOOSE IN ATLANTIC
Has Already Sent Eleven Ships 10 the
Demonstrations Arrive at
Kio Janeiro.
LITTLE SEE ADLER HAS
DONE GREAT DAMAGE
French Bark Canibronnc Brings In
2Sa Suryivor.---Ncw Menace to
Trans atlantic Commerce Is Of
Small Dimensions

Rio Janeiro, March 3l.--A new
German will o~the wisp is haunting
the Atlantic.
Although scarcely half as large as
her predecessors. the Enden and
Moewe, and not nGrrly az well equip
ped. she is more than upholding the
record Of destruction set by them AL
ready she has sent to the bottom
eleven ships aggregatinG a total ton
mage OF 1850 tons and captured one.
The latter, the French bark Cam
bronze, put into this port today. bring
in 263 members OF crews of the raid
er's victims and two women. wives of
officers whose ships were destroyed.
She also brought the first news of
the new sea rover.
From the stories told BY survivors
who had left the raider upon the lat
ter's orders twenty-five days ago. on
March in latitude - south, longi-
tude west. the following details were
given regarding the new commerce
destroyer:
She Is the "See Adlsr."
The raiders name is See Adler.
which is German for Sea Eagle. Some
gay she is the American ship Pass
submarine ard-taken tn f1xhaveH by
"A prize crew in August, 1915. after
havin; previously been seized by a
British cruiser
There are three small German mer-
chantmen named See Adler. the larg-
est of sos tons, belonging to the
North German Lloyd. There is, how
ever. also an unprotected cruiser See
Adler listed in the Taschenbuch der
kriegsfiotten, a semi-officiai German
naval almanac. This vessel is OF r.
r. 4 n
at Danzig. She belongs to the Geir
class. Her speed is given at 1873
nautical miles, and her armament as
consisting OF eight los centimeter
guns and Ave 81 centimeter rapid
firers and two torpedo tubes She is
1916 meters long and 10 In width.
Her complement consists of six off,
GERS. one engineer. one doctor. a purs-
er, seven non commissioned officers
descriptions of the raider IL is prob
able that this is the ship in question.
The raider has three masts aud il
equipped with powerful wireless
cleveriy concealed in the rigging.
Loaded With Mines.
She is loaded with mines and is
armed with two guns of los milIi-
metres and fifteen machin guns She
HAS tWt CplttdItu duAIfIdfN EdSOllNe
engines Her supply is said to be
sufficient for eighteen months. The
raider left her German base on De-
cember %. Her commander ia Count
Won Luckner.
1.-TWO Counts Won Luckner are listed
in the German naval almanac as re-
serve officers of the imperial navy
Both were in the employ OF the Ham
burg American line prior to the war.
One. captain Of merchantmen,
is Count Ardman Won Luckner, lieu
tenant captain In the naval reserve.
Another Is Count Felix Won Luckner,
He was first officer on Hamburg
American liner before the war and
is lieutenant in the naval re-
serves.)
4 Plucky Fight.
Survivors tell thrilling story of
plucky fight put up by the British
steamship Horngarth on March IL.
! when she was overhauled by the raid
err and ordered to surrender. The
Horngarth refused and had to be
literally shot to pieces before she gava
up. Four members OF her crew,
among them the chief engineer and
his assistant, were wounded by ma
chine gunfire from the raider. One
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