Cinderellas of the fleet . this strict policy but on the wholeit was the only possible one. Several instances taken from one ofAdmiral Sims letters to vessels operating in European waters will serveto show that even when a contact was established beyond doubt, therewas many a slip twixt the sub and the ship. Here are some typicalcases. A P boat sighted the conning-tower of a submarine which im-mediately disappeared at about 500 yards distance. Ship was headedto pass just ahead o^ where submarine dived and telegraph put tofull speed. Just before the position was reached three depth chargeswere
Cinderellas of the fleet . this strict policy but on the wholeit was the only possible one. Several instances taken from one ofAdmiral Sims letters to vessels operating in European waters will serveto show that even when a contact was established beyond doubt, therewas many a slip twixt the sub and the ship. Here are some typicalcases. A P boat sighted the conning-tower of a submarine which im-mediately disappeared at about 500 yards distance. Ship was headedto pass just ahead o^ where submarine dived and telegraph put tofull speed. Just before the position was reached three depth chargeswere dropped. When they had detonated a fourth was released. Im-mediately afterwards a broken periscope was observed by all on board,and course was headed to ram. When over the position, two handdepth charges were released and helm was put hard over. The sub-marine was then observed to break surface, evidently on her side, asno conning-tower was seen. Course was shaped to ram but the sub- 150 THE CIXDERELLAS OE THE l-LEET ?1. Piiotogi-apli by courtesy of Lieut. Ih-ieick S. One of the mysterious Q boats. This apparently harmless schooner with whatappears to be a deck load of lumber, is in reality a decoy with heavy guns whichmay be brought into play at an instants notice. The commander of one of thesevessels received the Victoria Cross for his brilliant work against German subs. marine dived just before the spot was reached. Hehii was again puthard over and the submarine again broke surface on her side and dis-appeared. After the explosion of the first four depth charges several of thecrew state they saw a grey object resembling the bow or stern of asubmarine rise about 8 feet out of the water and immediately disappear. Submarine continued operating. A destroyer sighted a stibmarine, conning-tower awash, in the actof submerging on starboard bow, bearing N. W. by W. distant 170yards, steering approximately S. E. by S. and speed about -i knots. En-gines were put to
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