Submarine and anti-submarine (1919) (14594475770)

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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was no match for her 12-pounder.After two hits with common pointed shell, she put ineight out of nine lyddite, smashed the enemys last gunand set him on fire forward. Thereupon the piratecrew surrendered and jumped overboard. It was now 7.20 and broad daylight. Lieutenant-Commander Frederick Robinson, of the Gipsy, gave thesignal to cease fire, and the five drifters set to work tosave their drowning enemies. Paramount, who wasnearest, got thirteen, Feasible one, and Acceptabletwo, of whom one was badly wounded. The Gipsyswhaler was got away, and her crew, under LieutenantGilbertson, R.N.R., tried for an hour to make headwayagainst the sea, but could not go further than half-a-mile,the tide and weather being heavily against them. Theybrought back one dead body, and one prisoner in avery exhausted condition; afterwards they went offagain and collected the prisoners from the other ships.Then came the procession back to port—a quiet andunobtrusive return, but as glorious as any that the
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200 SUBMARINE AND ANTI-SUBMARINE Goodwins have ever seen. Full rewards followed, andthe due decorations for Skippers Thomas Lane, EdwardKemp and Richard William Barker. But their greatesthonour was already their own—they had commanded, invictorious action, His Majestys Armed Drifters, PresentHelp, Paramount and Majesty. CHAPTER XII THE DESTROYERS The war record of our destroyers is unsurpassed. Weknow that to the Grand Fleet we owe, as to a vast andsolid foundation, the unshaken fabric of our sea power,and that in the day of battle it has always proveditself incomparable But we hardly, perhaps, realisedthat in our destroyer force we have a second GrandFleet, equal to the other in spirit and seamanship,greater in numbers, and counting its days of battle notby twos or by twenties, but by the thousand. The workof the destroyers has been unceasing. Setting apartsuch service as their whirlwind attacks at Jutland, theyhave done perhaps nine-tenths of the hard work of theWar, cruising and