The Archive · 1915

Small British Ships Torpedoed

SIX SAILORS MURDERED

London, March 17.

The Admiralty announces that the British str. Arlanta, 519 tons, was torpedoed off Inishturk on the 14th. The crew landed at Inishturk Island, off the coast of Galway, and the vessel is now in harbour.

The British str. Fingall, 1,562 tons, was torpedoed and sunk on the 15th instant off the coast of Northumberland; twenty-two of the crew have landed at North Shields and six are reported to have been drowned.

Maasluis, March 17.

The German submarine U 28 sank the British steamer Leeuwarded (990 tons: General 8. N. Ca., Ld, London) four miles from the Maas Lightship. The crew were saved.

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