El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-29

Next day she sank another American
ship by placing bombs on board after
forcing the crew TO abandon the yes
I sell and on the sixth OF August she
Isank the Diamond shoal lightship, az
tier Smelling a steamer.
She steamed around Cape Hatleras
} for a few days. but had no luck ana
ION the 18th OF August prepared 10 60
home 10 Germany. On the way she
sank a British ship by gunfire of
Cane Sable, Nova Scotia ana then
turned toward Europe she was
forced to seek assistance from another
German Submarine and the two pro-
ceeded in company to the home port
arriving in Germany september 20.
During her cruise the U-l40 sank
nine vessels Of a total Tonnage OF ~
SOS tous=according TO the reports OF
her. commander She was surrendered
on February % Of this year 10 the
British and was then turned over 10
the United States
The U-l1T is large mine laying
submarine with a length Of about 20
feet. and carrying two guns Her iirst
cruise began about July Is last year,
and she proceeded at once Tor the
American coast. or Nantucket Snoals
she sank eight small fishing scnOoneFs
and then cruised down the coast. SINK
ing a steamer of Long Island, August
10 Mines were laid at intervals OF
about 40 miles between Sandy Hook
and Cape Hatteras- Two more ships
were sunk-their nationality not stat
.ed-and a third was attacked without
success
After running down TO Cape Hat
teras the U-11T turned north again
and on the way Up encountered a Nor
wegian schooner which she sank by
-unfire. The captain was given re
.ceipt7 for his boat. signed by Lieut..
al
the receipt was Is not stated.
Several other vessels were bombed
or t0rpedoed on the trip north, among
them being a steamer of Cape Race,
and number Of American fishing
vessels During her entire voyage in
the north Atlantic she IS said to have
accounted FOR 20 ships, the majority OF
which were American, aggregatins a
tonnage Of 1888 tons, in addition 10
ten sailing vessels.
The U-I11 is an ocean going type OF
submarine carrying Two guns and u
.torpedoes- Her commander, Lieut..
commander Beyersdorff She left Ger
many about March so. 1918. FOR the
north OF Ireland where she sank one
steamer steaming from thence TO the
English Channel, where she got an
other steamship After this she re-
turned home and rested IN Heligoland
Blight for couple Of weeks. departing
thence for the Atlantic on May q.
Her luck was not very great until
June IA, when she sank a steamer OF
about 2s00 tons and a British armed
merchant cruiser OF 5000 tons She
then returned to Germany and left for
her last trip under the German flag
on August p. Again her luck was not
in, for after cruising about the British
coast for several weeks she was forced
to return without the record OF a sin
gle hlghseas murder
Capt Won Rabenau left Germany for
the Atlantic in the Z. B-SS about June
5. OF last year Off the English coast
she sank two steamers and then Joined
the submarine flotilla operating from
.Zeehrugge- Using this port as base
the submarine cruised along the Eng
lish coast and made bag Of six
steamers. Running in and ont Of Zee
hrugge she is reported to have sunk
four steamers off Brest- Her last VOy-
age started about September -. and
she is said to have the record Of haT-
ing been the last German submarine
10 have successfully passed over Dover
Straits On her return to the base two