The Southern herald., 1918-09-27
CHAPTER xl-contInued.


10
During our eighth trick off Cape
Helles / was amidships in the galley
when l heard our two 14-pounders go
off almost at the same time. Every
body ran for his station. Going up
the main deck to my turret a man told
me 1t was a sub on the port bow, Dut
/ only caught glimpse Of the little
whirlpool where her periscOpe sub
merged. l do not know Why she did
not let loose a torpedo at us. The
officers said she was trying to make
the entrance to the DardanelLes ana
came up blind among our ships and
was scared off by our guns, but l
thought we had just escaped by the
skin Of our teeth. Later on our de-
stroyers claimed to have sighted her
off Gaba Tepe.
At noon we were ut mess when one
Of the boys yelled, "She's hit" and we
all rushed on deck. There was the
British ship, Triumph, torpedoed and
listing away over to starboard. She
was ready to turn over In few min
utes. One battleship is not supposed
to go to the assistance Of another one
that has been tOrpedoed, because the
chances are the sub is still in the
neighborhood laying for the second
ship with another torpedo. But one
of the British trawlers went to the
assistance of the Triumph to pick up
the crew.
We could see the crew jumping into
the water. Then we breezed out
toward the horizon, full speed ahead.
All about the Triumph was a cloud of
black smoke, but when we looked
through the glass we could see she was
going down. Then our guns began TO
lombard the Turkish positions and
bad to get busy When l saw the
Triumph again she was bottom up
She must have Goated upside down
for almost half an hour, then she went
down as though there was somebody
on the bottom pulling her.
When she went our Old Man banged
his telephone on the bridge rail and
Bwore at the Huns and Turks and
broke his telescope lens to bits. About
fifty from the Triumph were lost.
It was decided that the place was
too hot for US with that sub running
loose, and when they reported that
afternoon that she was making hel
way south from Gaba Tepe to Capt
Helles all of the fleet but the Majestic
got under way, and the Majestic wal
the only ship left off the cape.
They said the Majestic was then tht
oldest Of the ships in that campaign
but she was the pride Of the British
fleet just the same. She was torpedoeC
off Cape Helles later on, when Their
were q number of men-Of-war off tn
cape. The sea was crowded with mel
swimming and drowning. l saw a life
boat crowded with men and other mel
In the water hanging onto her, ant
there were so many hanging on tina
they started to pull her under. o
their own accord the men in the waite
let 60 to save those in the boat. Mos
Of them were drowned.
The Majestic listed so that the mel
could not stand on deck, and the side
were covered with men hanging Of
to ropes and not knowing whethe
10 jump into the sea or not. We low
cred all our lIfeboats and stear
launches, and so did the other ships
We picked up number Of the GREY
and were pretty close to the Majestl
when she went down like a rock. A
aAe went down she turned over an
A garby ran along her side to the rar
Al her bow and got on 1t without eve
being wet. A boat picked him up oi
the ram, which stuck out Of the waite
after the ship had ceased to settle.
She had torpedo nets on her sides
and many Of the crew were unable t
xet clear of the nets and went dow
with her. Quite a lot were caugh
below decks and had no possibl
chance to escape. There was a bi
explosion as she went under--probabl