The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-31
DECOY SHIPS BATTLE WITH
 SUBMARINE

| LONDbN, l)cI. tNOrfeSn0ndenCc of the Associated Prcss) Tho loss of l thc British decoy ship Dunraven in a | dCsTeratc battle with German sub marine, the story of which has now been made public by the British ad miralty, constitutes one of the most dr"irg and heroic episodes of tie anti submarine war. With their vessel ablaze, and boxes of cordite and shells l exploding every few minutes, the after gun crew stuck to their gun un- | til the magazine exploded and blew | tEcm and their gun into the air. Mean while the battle with the submarine wa& ferCely w2gcd.
 This action took place in August, 1917 The vessel was one of the de- cCys which was commanded by Capt. GCIdon Campbell, who had previously wen the Victoria Cross by heroic and | successful work in decoying subma- lincs to their destruction. h her role of an armed British merchant ship, tre Dunraven was zigzagsing her course in the laIes haunted by the submarines when q U-boat opened fire upon her at 5000 yards. The Dun raven returned the fire with her mer chant ship gun and reduced her speed to enable the Hun to overtake her. To coax him on, wireless signals were sent out reading: Help. Come quickly Submarine chasing and shell ing me"
 Finally. whcn the submarines shells | began failing close. the Dunraven stopped and the usual panic party abandoned ship. The Dunrayen was | then on fire aft and the submarine closed in to distance of 40o yards, ! but was partly obscured from view by ii .n clouds rf smoke issuing rom the Dunraycn's stern.
 1 Although he knew that the maga- zine must explode if he waited and | that a gun and d guns crew lay con cealcd over the magazine. Captain (, mpbcN reserved his fire until the submarine had passed clear of the smoke. \ moment later there Was q | heavy explosion and the Dunrayen's i gun and it's crew were blown into the l air. The ConCussion started the fire l gongs at the remaining gun positions. 1 The s reens hiding the guns were 1 dropped and the only gun that could be brought to bear opened fire. The submG..ne commenced to subHerge. Knowing that a torpedo ~wouTdy afeiy follow, Captain Campbell had all the wounded brought up and concealed in cabins. The after part of the Dun raven W" q mss of faInc. but the crew fo"-H; r." fire with hose while wireless ...:. = wee sen u; warn ing all c,. Hr vessels to keep below the horizon so as not to interrupt the final phase of the fight
 Twenty miracles late. ~o'ho~ tor pedo struc,; rhc hip aAJu tx" c12 :r room. Ano, ... par" nllt .s sent away in the boutG. icINl.- IL ship apparently completely abandoned with the British flag flying and her guns unmasked, but Captain Campbell and q handful of officers and men had remained on board and lay hidden for nearly an hour while the submarine commancr held off and watched the burning ship through his periscope
 Daring all that time boxes of cord . 'j. ani shells were exploding every
 "W minutes, and the fire was blazing
 u.jDusly. Eventually the submarine l emerged astern, where no guns could ! be brought to bear upon her. and sin" He'd the Duurlvcn for twenty min. n'c". Thc U-boat then steamed pest
 "" ah.0 l5o yards of and Campbell 1lcd uA4 Of his torpedoca Jt he. but missed by q few inches. X second 'arpcd2 also mis@cd The submarine .,Y . '"i submerged Nt'i.! "p.at.
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