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TANKER "ANTWERPEN" TORPEDOED
The New York Times, September 14, 1916.
NEW DUTCH STEAMER ANTWERPEN IS SUNK
11,000 Ton Vessel, Owned by American Petroleum Company, Left Here on Aug. 3.
LONDON. Sept. l3. The new Dutch
steamer Antwerpen of 11,300 tons gross
has been sunk, according to an-
nouncement made today by Lloyd's
Shipping Agency. The sinking ot the
Norwegian steamer Kong Ring was also
reported by the agency. The crew of
the latter vessel has been saved.
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The New York Times, October 7, 1916.
THREE STEAMSHIPS SUNK.
One British and Two Neutral Vessels Victims of Submarines.
LONDON, Oct, 6.Three more steamships have been sunk, one British and two flying neutral flags, according to an announcement made here today. They were the British steamship Isle of Hastings, of 1,575 tons; the Greek steam-ship Samos, of 1,246 tons, and the Norwegian steamship Cederic, of 1,128 tons.
The neutrals sunk included one American, five Dutch, one Spanish, six Norwegian, four Swedish and two Danish vessels. The losses occurred in the North Sea, Bristol Channel, the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the Bay of Biscay.
There is no record of any American vessel having been sunk between the dates mentioned above. The re-port possibly refers to the Dutch tank steamer Antwerpen, which was built at Newport News and was bound on her maiden voyage from Bayonne, N.J. for London. The tanker belonged to the American Petroleum Company of Rotterdam.
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