10 APRIL 1915, Page 3

On Thursday week the British steamship 'Seven Seas' was torpedoed

off Beaohy Head without warning. She sank in three minutes. Nine members of the crew of seventeen were drowned. On Wednesday week the French steamship 'Emma' was torpedoed, also without warning, off Beachy Head. Only two men were rescued from the crew of twenty-one. The vessel was nearly blown in half and sank at once. All the boats were taken down with her, and the two survivors swam for over an hour before they were picked up. The Germans as usual made no attempt at rescue.