Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-25
REMARKABLE EXPLOITS
OF BRITISH SUBMARINES
Quick Wit OF Commanders Ere.
Qucntly Served to Turn De-
feat Into Victory.
STUCK on BOTTOM OF SCI
Plucky Officer Sends Crew to Sur
face by Use OF Compressed Air,
and Finally Makes Own Escape in
Great Bubble.
ny JOHN y. MAGERIS0N.


international News Bureau.l
1t would be wrong ana utterly in
Nidious to suggest that those British
"ailOrmen who 60 down to the SEA in
submarines are any Drawer than those
who work in Surface ships but to say
that these men get their full whac!l -
and som cthinG morc--of thrills is
strictly true.
Take. for instance. the submarine
which rose at the very edge OF Il mine
field with the obvious intention o.
warning homcward bound temp
steamer of the proximity Of danger.
only to be fred upon Immediately by
tho tramp's Eun---thc first shell from
which plunged into the sea alongside
her and smothcred her lieutenant IN
spray. y second shell juat whistled
past and took Oft the lieu,cngnts cap
while third wrcnched the hastily
waved white ensign flag from his hand
the skipper Of the tramp had seer
Just as his gunlayer pressed his t:is-
ger.
The experience was hardly calcylr.ed
to arouse human kindness in the
submarine COMMANDERS breast vct in
plain view OF the surface he ,,-uigcd
over to the now-s:oppcd tramp. told he~
OF her danger and afterwards INDUCED
IN furious didtribc. wherein he cut
'inglE summed uD the tranp's anccs-
try. described her personal attributes
ana finally prophcsied an incandcsccn,
end for her and all aboard her. after
which he sank TO the sea bed and AL
lowed the speechcss crew TO take the
careless cargo shir on its proper way
The realization of the thril camc whom
The submarines. crew understood ,h,t
II their skipper had not been cxc.nd
ihsiE smart with that ensign tho
iramn's gun would have made n CO.
"t"'e' OF her plates. and sent those
VINO were bent on defending her to IN.
nouom without nope oc c:canc.
DIFFERENT KIND or THRILL
tNDERNINiNG 4 NINE
a thrill OF quit. 4 different kind was
eNpcrlenc"d In certain boat working
cn,.' sna,'o" waters off the Belgian
CoaS'-afnong the mine fields and other
oelenses set uD by the Hun. Al ,i,,os
She found herself in deem v.,tcr a,
DINERS IN shallow. and 1T all times ,rd
HeaSonS thore were paecing Hum err,
700 eager 20 end her venturcscrnc
.NNtcnc": On one occasion sho va
compelled TO rise swiftly 10 n,.o,,, ,.,,,
mig her nose into = mrdh,rI
as acf coming tower wax above no
Taco, her commander thrurbt Il,
N""'u MI MS lungs and boat with fre.h
"ir az well as have lool, round
As nc emerged he glanced aft ava
nv oiooo fro%e in his veins when he
nf u
submarines after part. a huge ro,ns
on!ec! with things ju;,irg ont Mt
Nhrious angles. The obioct w,s :,
NINE! The submarine had risen cx.
.ctN underneath it and brought IL -.
me ,op with her: The position was
:: i"rc,, Mn me Eravest danger. for
iurch made by the ;,oat would have
brought one OF those projecting horns
mo sharp contact with the hail nlot
ing and-puT! boat. crew and min.
would have gone TO glory in a shower
of splintcrs.
Just then. although a Hun seaplana
mad already spotted her and W.
working over at full speed TO bomb
her, because there wasn't enough watsr
under keel to hide her SO. with H
h""a'h held and his finger tips pressed
.se'her. that commander stood on
ms coming tower top and sent his
boat ahead softly. Keeping ono eve
on Tho mine and the other on the
approh ching seaplanc. The latter dreye
overhead and Immediately dropped a
bomb. whose explosion sent ND n great
wave, which lapped thundcrously over
the E-boats whaleback and washed
that dreadful mine clean off into deem
water and safety.
Thereafter that submarine pcr-
formed 3 hasty dive into the first deeu
water and sat on the bottom while
;is b, cath.
Thrills in plenty are to be found III
that section OF the navy trade"
which cruises the North Atlantic.
Here there must he lot or night
cruising. and as the western ocean
is to-day as full OF shipping as it ever
was. and as all ships move in the
liackncss without lights, one ca..
scarcely blame tho kecncst-eycd loon
out for failing to see the low-lyinS
shape OF submarine or being UNI
aware of it's presence tin he feels Il
slight bump, till he hears the shrnl
screaming OF tortured steel as the big
ships PROV cuts through the I:-boat's
plating and sends her. steel tomb. 10
the bottom of the ocean for all time.
small wonder. then, that our subma
rincrs keep excellent !ookouts when
their very lives depend upon it.
OFTEN MAKE ESCAPE by
SKIN OF THEIR TEETH
Often they bring their frail '':in
kettles" from underneath the very
noses of fast-spccding steamers; often
they scrapc through literally Ivy tho
skin of their teeth. in some cases lcar-
ing Tatchcs OF their paint upon the
liners hull TO show how narrow was
their escape. What bigger thrills can
human man want THAI tnis?
OF Il different order was the advcn-
tlIrc of the crew OF another submarine.
which. working in the North Sea in
a fog. suddenly ran into something
hard and .unyiclding, and moment
later was very impolitcly asked IN
German where the hadcs she was run
ming to and il she had bought the
ocean.
The British lieutenant in command
saspcd, and ther. in precise German
poured forth fun and httinS reply
threatening the trawler-for such WAS
Tho cEin-with all sorts Of fearful pen