Submarine and anti-submarine . n the Dardanelles, as officially an-nounced. She was convoying barges full of munitionsand also two transports, when she found herself sur-rounded by six submarines. It is creditable to Com-mander Nasmith that he did so well with only six ofhis E. 11 flotilla. Einstein continues : The transportswere supposed to protect her, but the second torpedoproved effective and she sank in seven minutes. Oneof the transports and a gunboat were also sunk, theother ran aground. Of crews of 700, only one-thirdwere saved. And on August 15 he records furthersuccesses by Commander
Submarine and anti-submarine . n the Dardanelles, as officially an-nounced. She was convoying barges full of munitionsand also two transports, when she found herself sur-rounded by six submarines. It is creditable to Com-mander Nasmith that he did so well with only six ofhis E. 11 flotilla. Einstein continues : The transportswere supposed to protect her, but the second torpedoproved effective and she sank in seven minutes. Oneof the transports and a gunboat were also sunk, theother ran aground. Of crews of 700, only one-thirdwere saved. And on August 15 he records furthersuccesses by Commander Nasmith—a large collier, theIspahan, sunk while unloading in the port of HaidarPasha, the submarine creeping up under the lee ofanother boat; and two transports with supplies, theChios and the Samsoun, sunk in the Marmora. Commander Boyle returned to his base on August 12,with no further difficulty than a brush against a mineand a rough-and-tumble encounter with an electricwire obstruction, portions of which he carried away. She was mortally hit. SUBMARINES IN THE DARDANELLES 151 tangled round his periscope and propellers. His boathad now done over 12,000 miles since leaving Englandand had never been out of running order—a magnificent performance, reported by her commander to beprimarily due to the excellence of his chief engine-roomartificer, James Hollier Hague, who was accordinglypromoted to warrant rank, as from the date of therecommendation. E. 14 was succeeded on August 13 by E. 2, Com-mander David Stocks, who met Commander Nasmithat 2 next day, and handed over a fresh supplyof ammunition for E. 11. He also, no doubt, told himthe story of his voyage up. Off Nagara his boat hadfouled an obstruction, and through the conning-towerscuttles he could see that a 3 |-inch wire was wound witha half turn round his gun, a smaller wire round theconning-tower itself, and another round the wirelessstandard aft. It took him ten minutes plunging andbacking to clear this and reg
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