The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-12-05

ah huchCu oh uCSh. lheEe WIS the
British ship, Triumph, torpedoed and
listing away over to starboard. She
was ready to turn over In q 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
nelghborhood laying for the second
ship with another torpedo. But one
OF the British trnwlers 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 Il 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 und
had to get busy. When l saw the
Triumph again she was bottom UP.
She must have foated upside down
for almost half an hour, then she went
down ..s though there was somebody
On theSbottom pulling her.
When she went our Old Man baI ge!i
his telephone on the bridge ran az:
swOre Mt the Huns and Turks and
broke his telescope lens 10 bits. About
fifty from the Triumph were lost.
1t 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
liclles oil of the feet but the Majestic
got under way, and the Majestic was
the only ship left off the cape.
They said the Majestic was then the
oldest of the ships in that campaign,
but she was the pride of the BritIsIi
fleet just the same. She was torpedoed
OF Cape Heiles later on. when there
were number of men-Of-war off the
cape. The sea was crowded with men
swimming and drowning. | saw q life
boat crowded with men and other mcr
In the water hanging onto her. and
there were so many hanging on that
they started to pull her under. OF
their own accord the men in the water
of them were drowned.
The Majestic listed so that the men
could not stand on deck, and the sides
were covered with men hanging or
to ropes and not knowing whether
To jump into the sea or not. We low
cred all our lifcboatS and steam
launches, and so did the other ships.
We picked up u number of the crew
and were pretty close to the Majestic
whom Shn
she went down she turned over and
garby ran along her side to the ram
at her bow and got on 1t without even
being wet A boat picked him up Off
the ram, which stuck out of the water
after tho ship had ceased to settle.
She had torpedo nets on her sides,
and many of the crew were unable to
get clear of the nets and went down
with her. Quite lot were caught
below decks and had no possible
chance to escape. There was big
explosion as she went under-probaby
the boilers bursting. Thousands Oc
troops on shore and thousands of
sailors on the ships saw the final
plunge, and 1t was sight to rcmem-
ber. When the ship started to go, the
Old Man rushed back to his cabin,
got the signal book and destroyed 1t.
Also, he saved the lives Of two Of his
men.
We gave dry clothes and brandy and
coffee to the Limeys we rescued, and
though they had Just come through
something pretty tough, they were
calm and cool and started talking right
away about what ship they would
probably be assigned to next.
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