Identifier: submarineantisub00newb (find matches)
Title: Submarine and anti-submarine
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Newbolt, Henry John, Sir, 1862-1938
Subjects: Submarines (Ships) World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, London (etc.) Longmans, Green and co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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See page 134 this is E. 11 (HMS E11)the replacement of E.14 ...for him to take the place of E. 14. (HMS E14) He made the passage of the Straits successfully, reconnoitred the Marmora and made a neat arrangement,probably suggested by the adventures of E. 14, for saving the enemy the trouble of so much hunting. He stopped a small coastal sailing vessel, sent Lieut. D'Oyly Hughes to search her for contraband, and then trimmedwell down and made her fast alongside his conning-tower. Being now quite invisible from the eastward,he was able to proceed in that direction all day without interruption. At night he released his stalking-horse and returned westward. Early on the 23rd, he observed a Turkish torpedo-boat at anchor off Constantinople and sank her with a torpedo ; but as she sank she fired a 6-pounder gun,the first shot of which damaged his foremost periscope.He came up for repairs, and all hands took the chance of a bathe. Five hours later he stopped a small steamer, whose crew did a panic abandon ship, capsizing allboats but one. An American gentleman then appeared
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Made her fast alongside his conning-tower. SUBMARINES IN THE DARDANELLES 137 on the upper deck, who informed us that his name was Silas Q. Swing of the Chicago Sun and that he was pleased to make our acquaintance. . . . He wasnt sure if there were any stores on board. Lieut. D'Oyly Hughes looked into the matter and discovered a 6-inch gun lashed across the top of the fore hatch, and other gun-mountings in the hold, which was also crammed with 6-inch and other ammunition marked Krupp. A demolition charge sent ship and cargo to the bottom. Lieut.-Commander Nasmith then chased and torpedoed a heavily laden store-ship, and drove another ashore, exchanging rifle fire with a party of horsemen on the cliff above. Altogether the day was a lively one,and the news, brought by Mr. Silas Q. Swing and his friends, shook Constantinople up severely. Mr. Einstein records that the submarine came up at 20 minutes to 2 oclock, about three hundred yards from where the American guardship Scorpion lay moored, and was imm

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