The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-29

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 This is how an oilship ,torpedoed in thick weather was saved. Neither | the oilship, nor her escort had seen the submarine that fired the. torpedo, 1 but half an hour afterwards "an ob- ject was sighted about half a mile away" The escort at once headed for it.
 A round was fired, and this hit just before the coming tower. Just 1 afterwards the enemy was rammed, a severe shock was felt, throughout | the ship as she passed over the U- boat. Almost simultaneously a violent explosion took place. The ship now circled round under. starboard helm and took up a position at the place of the explosion, where the sea was | boiling with foam and rushes of huge air bubbles were coming to the sur face. Oil was also observed. Two men were then seen in the water, and one of these was rescued.
 The escort then returned to the oil- ship and lowed her into port "despite all difficulties"
 Patient Watching for Enemy Craft.
 Sometimes patience is required to get your enemy to show himself. A 1 German submarine was believed to be lying on the bottom in a certain re- zion, and as she would have to come to the surface to charge batteries an operation highly dangerous" by day and therefore more likely to be undertaken by night-a number of vessels were detailed to watch for her. hn 7oiCr dark, but clear when the vessels took up their appointed positions. For a long time nothing happened, but be- tween 1 and a. m. one of the vessels
 "got a clue" and presently the U-boat appeared. Promptly fire was opened
 and the German at once submerged,
 helped by depth charge" and after
 that nothing more was heard"
 The gallantry of the men of our
 armed trawlers and drifters is well
 shown by the following incidents:
 Owing to certain unforeseen causes
 a German submarine drifted ashore
 one morning, and was at once engag-
 ed by number of drifters. Although
 these armed fishing vessels were very
 much outranged by the Germans
 guns, they engaged him, closing in
 until they were able to hit him, al
 though themselves under very heavy
 fire all the time. They were joined by one of H. M ships 10 minutes after the opening of the engagement, and the enemy was then compelled to abandon the action. Our forces there
 upon ceased fire, and almost immedi-
 ately afterwards the U-boat blew up. An armed trawler on patrol sighted
 an enemy submarine awash about a
 mile away. Soon afterwards fire was
 opened with the trawler's forward gun. The first round was a miss; the
 second fell short, but rich ochetted
 into the coming tower; the third : bunst in the. middle of the coming tower; the fourth burst on the lower
 part of the coming tower; the fifth hit the water over the spot where the submarine had disappeared. Needless : to say the enemy was not seen again.
 Another armed trawler, while pa 7 trolling, heard the working of a sub : marines engine under water. She ? steamed directly over the supposed | course of the enemy, and released a ' depth charge. Some second later the charge exploded with great force
 
 <. a piece of brass tubing about ? feet ' long and inches in. diameter was
 seen to fall off from the ships stern u large quantity of oil then came tc . the surface; no further sounds were u heard; and when the area was swept l. l an obstruction was located in the bot. N tom.
 Another trawler while on the look , out for submarines sighted a peri " scope about 100 yards distant an6
 nearly right ahead. The trawler put e on full speed, while the German made ,7 equal haste to submerge. Down wen the periscope, and as the trawlel 7 passed over the spot where it hat disappeared a couple of bombs were :, dropped The next thing visible wal u a large quantity of oil, which covered an area of about 1000 yards in widtl ' U upon the surface of the sea. NJ 'u further trace of the submarine coult a.t ~ be detected.
 'A On another occasion motor launcl Ie accounted for a U-boat in a somewha similar way. A periscope was sight ed 200 yards away, and the launc1 It made for it at full speed. The sub marine submerged, so two dept, iI charges were dropped. A column b le water 30 feet high was thrown up b It the first explosion, and after the sec aS ond the sea was discolored and N quantity of oil came up.
 a- A Motor Launch Patrol. re Motor launches with their hig nd speed are very useful for the ''blind ng mans buff of submarine hunting, g
 the following successful little actio on shows:
 ct Three motor launches were out o ut patrol, when one of them detecte re a submarine under water. This wa oil confirmed shortly afterwards by th
 two other boats. and appearances 1T ri- dicated that the submarine was zis nd tagging The hunters took up tE ch chase, and it became obvious that tt ed marine realized she was being pu1 nr sued and was stopping every time tf h. launches stopped. This went on unt a at last the launches had manoeuvre To- into the desired position. Then the ti- "laid their eggs" There were son ut underwater explosions; a quantity ( -as oil spread itself over the surface (