Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-07
BRITISH >SEkPLlNEs
SINK SUBMARINES
Succeed in Dropping Bombs on Ger
man C-Boats, While Patroliing
Over English Channel.
SCORE SEVERAL DIRECT HITS
Naval Airships Also Destroy Trio Of
Encmy's Underwater Racers, One
OF Which Was Attacking hfcr-
chant Vessel at Time.
TBy Associated rres,.l


LONDON, April "Details concern
Ing the destruction recently of ten
German submarines By naval aircraft.
eight by scaplancs and the others by
dirigiblcs. have been obtained By the
Associated Press from Admiralty re-
PORTS The first case is described as
FLOWS:
While on patrol in the English
Chahncl a scaplunc sighted a sub
marble eight miles away. directly In
the path Of an oncoming convoy or
merchant ships. The scap!anc dlvcd
at ninety miles an hour. The sub
marine attempted 10 escape by suo-
mersing. but was just awash as the
s"apiane reached Il bombing position,
and released two bombs. one OF whicn
exploded on the coming tower The
scaplanc dropped two more bombs into
the midst Of the air bubbles from the
collapsed submarine, which was OF the
largest type. carrying TWO guns.
AT dawn Il scap!anc sighted !arEc
submarine on the surface with n
member q the crew standing hy the
gun The scapianc dropped q bomb
Oh the tail Of the C-boat and after
ward photographed the sinking sub
marine with a big hole in It's deck;
~ second bomb was dropped close 10
the submarines bow. and the t-boai
collapsed.
I've seaplancs attacked large
submarine travelling on the surface at
fourteen knots. with Two men in the
coming tower. y bomb VAS exploded
ciole 10 the coming tower and the
submarine began TO sink stern FIRST
:, bomb from second seaplanc com.
pI"'"G the work.
Three patrol planes sighted 4
inrsc submarine as Il was submerg-
ing and dropped two bombs close TO
the coming tower causing the sub
marine 10 turn turtle ana disappear in
!nass al oil and wreckagc.
~ seaplanc sighted a submarine
close to thc surface and dropped twb
bombs. one bomb was ineffective. but
the other hit the deck fairly amid
chips. The submarine was hidden ~
the smoke .; tue explosion. and when
'he smohe cleared the u-boa, was
sinking with both crls in the ar.
- scaplanc saw tne track .. q
torpedo trcd ct merchantmen. i:
d!ved toward the surface and sighted
the black shadow OF the submarine.
two bombs. which exploded close to
the submarine. resulting In Il lars..
quantity OF oil, bubbles AMI wrcckn:;e
Two scap!nEcs sighted 4 U-noat q ID
DROPPED "A bomb each. The first bomb
caused a heavy list, to tie u-boc..
which began 20 sink by tho Sc u. rRc
sec0rl bomb exploded IN the center
OF tHe swirl. dcmo!ish!ng the C-boa;.
-, scnpIane dropped = bomb on /,
submarine just emerging. ana the =
boat Disappeared with heavy list -
ro:t !he pilot dropped "a second
bomb into the swirl, and Few mia
ut,s later q patch OF oil $50 feet long
ana twelve feet wide appeared on thu
surface.
- naval alrsh!p NJ midday sighted
i suspicious patch OF oil and clear !
It IN an effort to ascertaia The cDusc.
suddenly pcriscOpe BROKE the sur
face In the midst OF the oil. The ar
snip dropped pomb close to tile
peg!scopc, and series or bubbles b.
gan appearing, indicating that the
damaged submarine was moving slow! :
under the water. Several more bonn IS
were dropped in tho path Indicated
until lsulcicnt evidence was obtained
Of the encmy's destruction.
An airship dropped two bombs
over submarine which was engaged
in attacking merchantmen. Great
patches OF oil and bubbles indicated
severe damage and trawlcrs made this
complete by depth charges"