Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1918-12-27
CHAPTER xl--contlnued.


10
During our eighth trick of Cape
Helles I was amidshlps in the galley
when ! heard our two 14.pounders go
OF almost at the same time. Every
body ran for his station. Going up
the main deck to my turret a man told
me II was n sub on the port bow, u
! only caught n glimpse OF the little
whirlpool where her periscope SUD
merged. I 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 n
came up blind among our ships and
wns scared of by our guns, but l
thought we had just escaped by the
skin OF our teeth. Later on u de
stroyers claimed to have sighted her
or Gaba Tepe.
At noon W were ut mess when n
Of the boys yelled, "she's hit" and we
all rushed on deck. There was the
British ship, Triumph. torpedoed and
listing away over 20 starboard. She
was ready to turn over in a few min
utes. One battleship Is not supposed
TO go to the assistance OF another n
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 u guns began to
lombard the Turkish positions and l
had TO get busy. When l saw the
Triumph again she was bottom up.
She must have Honted 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
swore at the Huns and Turks and
broke his Telescope lens 10 bits. About
ffty from the Triumph we're lost.
II 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 her
way south from Gaba Tepe to Cape
Helles all OF the fleet but the Majestic
got under way, and the Majestic was
the only ship left of the cape.
They said the Majestic was then the
oldest OF the ships in that campaign
but she was the pride OF the British
feet Just the same. She was torpedOet
of Cape Helles later on, when there
we're n number OF men-of-wnr on the
cape. The sen was crowded with mel
swimming and drowning, | saw a life
boat crowded with men and other mel
In the winter hanging onto her nm,
there were so many hanging on tina
they started 10 pull her under. o
their own accord the men IN the waite
let 60 TO save those IN the boat. Mos
Of them we're drowned.
The Majestic listed so that the mel
could not stand on deck, and the side
were covered with men hanging OF
20 ropes and not knowing whether
10 Jump Into the sen or not. We low
cred all our lifeboats and steam
launches. and so did the other ships
We picked up n number OF the crey
ana were pretty close to the MaJesfl
when she went down like a rock. A
she went down she turned ove ant
n garhy ran along her side TO the ran
NJ her bow and got on It without evei
being wet. a boat picked him up OF
the ram. which stuck ont OF the waite
after the ship had censed to settle.
She had torpedo nets ON her sides
and many Of the crew were unable &
get clear Or the nets and went dow
with her. Quite n lot were cnugh
below decks and had no possibl
chance 20 escape. There was a bi
explosion as she went under-probnbl