The Admiralty announced on Wednesday that the German submarines, after
a succession of blank days, had sunk three more British merchantmen, all without warning. The • Tangistan,' 3,738 tons, was sunk off Scarborough on Tuesday. Of the crew of thirtycight only one survivor is known to have been picked up. On the same day the ' Blackwood,' 1,230 tons, was sunk off Hastings. The crow of seventeen were saved. The 'Princess Victoria,' 1,108 tons, was also sunk on the same day off Liverpool. The crew of thirty-four were saved. Time survivor of the ' Tanghstan,' which sank in about form minutes, managed to secure a life. belt, and he was in the water for two hours before his cries were heard and he was rescued by a passing vessel. All merchant- men now have their boats swung out, so that there is a fair chance of escape for those who are not killed by the explosion, unless the vend founders as rapidly as the Tangistan.'
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