The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-05
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New methods Of trapping the U-boat
are constantly coming to light in spite
Of the secrecy maintained in British
naval circles regarding means to de-
feat tho submarines, The following
vivid account is quoted by THE Scien-
tine American" from THE Liverpool
Journal ot Commerce:
"A sAanlane had spotted a subma-
rine lying on the sea bed. Instantly
the Observers finger commenced to tap
q kew. and ten miles away long. lean
destroyer and four squattv trawlerz
detached Themselves from pack Of
hounds workins a covert and FASTENED
to the kin Meanwhile the sea plane
ctrcled around, but when the surface
ships arrived her Instructions deliv-
cred by wireless, were curt and pre-
else Acting upon them. the trawIers
stationed themselves at the four cor
ners Of r wet quadrangle, while the
destroyer kept her guns ready to talk
To the enemy should he appear above
the surface
The trawlers NJ the corners Of the
quadrangle got out their svve eps---long
wire hawsers or an Incredible stout
ness, with a heavy Kite In the center
20 keep their bEhts down on the sea
| bed--and commenced to steam toward
each other. As the pairs OF vessels
met, their wires simultaneously en-
gagged themselves under the U-boat' s
BON and stern ard commenced to work
their sinuous way between her hull
and the sea bottom.
Then tho strange thing happened.
Two round, black objects seemed to de-
/ tach themselves from her hull and float
surfaceward, to hover a second and
then to commence bobbing down the
! tide--hobhing down a lane much fire.
/ quented by those ships that brought
| food munitions OF war and hundreds
! OF other things to Englands shore,
Mine layer, ehF' called the sea-
| planes observer.
| That's It. lad came the telephoned
answer. but her eggs can wait for a
minute
'"rhe trawlers now crossed their de-
pendent cables and thus held the u
boat In a kind OF cats cradle. She
seened suddenly to wake UP to her
danger, for with a bound she tried to
/ disenEaGe herself from the meshes
which held her. But 1t was no use:
| the trawlers had been too long at the
game to leave any loopholes and the
/ submarine was doomed.
| "'Got him signalled the seapla1e-
! Thanks replied the destroyer.
! wen give him i've minutes to
como up and breathe. but no longer.
: That time passed hut stili the sub
marine made no furthe~ move.
stroyer the port foremost trawler and
the starhoard after one clipped a small
red tin of high explosive to the bar
taut wire and allowed II to slide dowr
till II touched the U-boat's hull Il
was the seaplane's turn TO wave n nag
and Immediately there followed the
, crashing of two fists upon two firing
keys: the uprising of two gray mounds
OF water and rumblng, muffied ex'
plosion.
THE seaplane circled twice above
the patch of rising oil ascertatned thai
ths German had been destroyed and
notified the destroyer of the fact. Then
with her observer slipping a drum a
cartridges into his machine gun, sht
sped on after those objects bobbfne
down the tide. burst OF rapid FIR
ing. and the first Of the devirs eggs
( It's buoyancy chamber punctured, SAM
with a gurgIe; the second gave bet
ter show, for 1t exploded grandly ant
harmIessly as the bullets reached IT.