Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-09
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surface, SO we could take crack at
II. All the rest of the fieet--battle-
ships and ransports-weighed anchor
at once and steamed ahead mt full
speed.
1t was a great sight. Any new ship
coming up would have thought the
British and French navies had gone
crazy. We did not have any fixed
course, but were steaming as fast a.
we could In circles and half circles,
and dashlng madly from port to star
board. We were not going to allow
that sub to get "A straight shot Mt us.
but we almost rammed ourselves
doing II. 1t was case of chase-tail
for every ship in the fleet.
But the sub did not show itself
again that day, and we anchored
again. That night, while the destroy
ers were around the ships, we slipped
our cables and patrolled the coast
along the Australian position at Gnba
Tepe, but we did not anchor.
The following day the Albion went
ashore In the fog, south Of Gaba Tepe,
and as soon as the fog lifted the Turks
let loose and gave II to her hot. A
Turkish ship came up and, with any
kind of gunnery, could have raked her
fore and aft, but the Turks must
have been pretty shy of gun sense,
for they only got In one hit before
they were driven Off by ii. NJ. s. Cam
opus, which has made such fine
record in this war.
Then the Campus pulled In close to
the Albion, got a wire hawser aboard,
and attempted to tow her out under
heavy fire. but as soon as she started
pulling, the cable snapped. The crew
of the Albion were ordered aft and
jumped up on the quarter deck to
try and shift the bow Off the bank.
At the same time the fore turret and
hot fire on the Turkish positions to
lighter the ship and shift her by tho
conclusions of the guns. For Il long
time they could not bulge her. Then
the Campus got another hawser
aboard and, with guns going and the
crew jumping and the Campus pulling,
the old Albion finally slid Off and both
ships backed into deep water with
little harm done to either. Then they
returned to their old anchorages.
At Cape Helles every one was wide
awake. We were all on the lookout
for subs and you could not find one
man mapping. Anything at all passed
for perlscope-tlns. barrels, spars.
Dead horses generally float In the
water with one foot sticking up, and
we gave the alarm many time when
1t was only some old nag on his way to
Davy's locker.
On the Cassard the Old Man posted
reward of 80 francs for the first man
who sighted periscope. This was "a
: good idea, but believe me he would
, have had trouble making the award,
for every man on the ship would be
sure to see IL ut the same time Each
man felt sure he would be the man to
| get the reward. The 14-pounders were
loaded and ready for action on sec
/ ond's notice. But the reward was
, never claimed.
7 During our eighth trick of Cape
Helles j was amidships in the galley
when / 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 man told
me 1t was sub on the port bow, but
; / only caught glimpse of the little
whirlpool where her periscope sub
, merged. / do not know why she did
no. let loose u torpedo at us. The
officers said she was trying to make
\ the entrance to the Dardanelles and
i came up blind among our ships and
was scared off by our guns, but
skin Of our teeth. Later on our de-
strOyers claimed to have sighted her
or Gaba Tepe.
At noon we were at 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
utes. One battleship Is not supposed
to 20 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
had to get busy. When / saw the
, Triumph again she was bottom up.
? She must have floated upside down
for almost half an hour, then she went
down as though there was somebody
! on thesbottom pulling her.
When she went our Old Man banged
his telephone on the bridge rail- ana
swore at the Huns and Turks and
broke his telescope lens to bits. About
fifty from the Triumnh were Lost