The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-03-28
PE1RCCRAD CALM IN
face OF THREAT
Berlin Reports Destruction of 25
Steamers, IA Sailing Vessels,
81 Trawlers.
IL UNIDENTIFIED SHIPS

Berlin, March 25.--(Via Salville,
March 26.)-The sinking of twenty
five more steamships, fourteen sailing
vessels and thirty-scven trawlers,
with an aggregate gross tonnage of
$4,000, in the last few days, is an
nounced by the admiralty.
The statement follows:
"In addition to the losses of ships
already published in March, German
submarines during the last few days
sank twenty-five steamers, fourteen
sailing ships and thirty-seven trawlz
ers, with total gross tonnage of 3d.
900. On March 8, German sub
marine annihilated, by cannon fire, a
British biplane in the English chan
mel. The ships which were sunk are
"Brika (British), 3,549 tons gross,
armed.
"Denpark (British), 1865 tons,
armed.
"Granton, british watchship with
the herring trawler G N-34).
"Glynymel (British) 1894 tons.
"Memnon (British) 3,203 tons.
"Asturias British hospital ship
12,OO2 tons.
"Sir Joseph British sailing vessel)
eighty-four tons.
"Robert, Rivend, Jessamine, Gra-
tia, Lentlilly, Hyacinth, Case, Inter
nose, Nelly, Ena, Kestrel, Reindeer
Forget Me-Not, Try, Arance, trawl-
ers (British).
The following French ships were
sunk:
"Sully, bark, 2,649 tons.
"Homarne, Eugene Albert, Anais
| 130 tons, madeline, Davoust, schoon-
ers.
"Adieu Va, sixty-four tons, Marie
Louise from Fecamp and Marie
Louise, st. Paul, and the American
sailing ships.
martha Yvonne and Cordouan, pi.
lot schooners.
"Pertijean,. Henry Louis, Dieu dc
Garde, Noseal, Rupella, Louis XIV
Pentileu, Acide Maria, Juliette, Camil,
leemille, L R-12S9, L R-1329, Made
line, Felicite, Madonna and Entente
Cordiale, trawlers.
"The following Italian vessel was
sunk:
"Medusa, steamer of about 1000
u,274 tons).
"The following Norwegian vessels
were sunk:
'Solferino, 1850 tons; Wilfred, l.
121 tons; Girda, 1924 tons; Blaam.
anden, 954 tons; Ronald, 3,021 tons
Expedit, $50 tons; Frisk, 1, 03S tons
Einar Karl, $40 tons, steamers.
"Efeu, sailing vessel of about SOC
tons (not listeD.
"The following American steamer
was sunk:
"Illinois, 5,255 tons, and City OF
Memphis, 5,252 tons.
"The following Spanish steamer
was sunk:
"Vivina, 1922 tons.
| "The following Dutch steamer was
sunk:
"La Campine, 2,595 tons.
"Ships destroyed, the names of
which are unknown either because
they were not identified during a
night attack, or because they had no
name on the side are as follows:
Unidentified steamer with cargo
about 5000 tons gross, sunk by a
torpedo in the midst of conroy
armed British steamer of about 1900
tons; steamer of about $500 tons,
tank steamer, Of about 5000 tons;
steamer, of about 5000 tons; Norwc-
gian steamer, of about $500 tons,
and three British and two French
fishing cutters.
with these ships, so far as is
known up to this time, were destroy
ed among other things, $4,000 tons of
coal, the greater part Of which was
on the way to France; 5000 tons Of
kerosene oil, $500 tons of ore fro. n
Huelva to West Hartlepool; 1890
tons of grain and $500 tons of pro-
visions, besides fish sunk with trav l..
ers.
The sinking of the Illinois and City
of Memphis were reported from Lon
don, March 1G. The sinking of the