Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-01-31
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During our eighth trick OF Cape
Helles I was nmidshlps In the gnlley
when / heard our two 14-pounders go
or almost ut the same time. Every
body ran for his station. Going up
the main deck 10 my turret n man t0id
me II was "A sub on the port bow, bu
] only caught n glimpse Of the little
whirlpool where her periscope SUD
merged. / do not know Why she din
not let loose n torpedo Mt us. the
officers said she was trying to make
the entrance to the Dardnnelles n
came up blind among u ships n
was scared OFT by our guns, but l
thought we had Just escaped by the
skin OF our teeth. Later on III ue-
stroyers claimed to have sighted her
Off Gaba Tepe.
At noon we we're ut mess when one
OF the boys yelled, "She's hit" n we
all rushed on deck. There was the
British ship, Triumph, torpedoed and
listing away wei to starboard. She
was ready to turn over in n few min
utes. One battlashlp Is not supposed
to go TO the assistance OF another one
that has been t~orpedoed, because the
chances are the sub Ia still In the
nelghborhood laying for the second
ship with another torpedo. But one
OF the British trawlers went to the
assistance Of the Triumph to pick up
the crew.
We could SEE the crew jumping into
the water. Then we breezed out
toward the horizon, full speed ahead
All about the Triumph was a cloud of
black smoke, but when we looked
through the glass we could see she wal
going down. Then our guns began to
lombard the Turkish positions and ]
had TO get busy. When l saw the
Triumph again she was bottom up
She must have floated upside down
for almost half m hour, then she wen'
down as though there was somebody
on the bottom pulling her.
When she went our Old Man banged
his telephone on the, bridge rail nnt
swore nt the Huns and Turks ant
broke his Telescope lens 10 bits. Abou
fifty from the Triumph were lost.
II was decided that the place wal
too hot for us with that sub runninI
loose. and when they reported tina
afternoon that she was making he
way south from CABIN Tepe to Cap
Helles all OF the fleet hut the Mnlesti
go under way, and the Majestic wa
the only ship left of the cape.
They said the Majestic was then III
Oldest OF the ships In that campaign
but she was the pride OF the Births
feet lust the same. She vas %torpedoe
off Cane Helles later on, when Their
were a number OF men-of-war OF III
cape. The sen was crowded With me
swimming nnd drowning. / saw a life
boat crowded with men and other me
in the winter hnnrinc INTO her an
there were so many hanSing on this
they started 10 pull her under. q
their own accord the men In the waite
let 90 to snve those In the boat. MOI
OF them were drowned.
The Majestic listed so that the me
could not stand or deck, aad the side
were covered with men hanging O
20 ropes and not knowing whethS
20 iump into the sea or not. We loS
tftu M our mcpV"tH "hN "tcu
launches. and so did the other ship
We picked up n number of the ere
ana were pretty close 10 the Majest
when she went down like a rock. 4
she went down she turned over m
a garby ran along her side 20 the n
al her how and got on Il without eve
being wet. A boat picked him up q
the ram. which stuck out OF the wat
after the ship had ceased TO settle.
She had torpedo nets on her side
and many OF the crew we're unable
get clear ~ the nets and went dow
with her. Quite a lot we're cnugI
below decks and had no possih
chance 20 escape. There was a b
explosion as abe went under-probab