![]() ![]() m., June 3, and it was later found that 7 passengers, the purser, and 5 members of the crew were missing and were lost. 1 were picked up by the steamship "Appleby" and reported that while trying to weather the rough sea that arose during the night their boat had capsized, about 12.15 a. The first loss of life charged to enemy submarine activity off the American Atlantic coast was recorded when the survivors from lifeboat No. 1, 9 members of the crew and 10 passengers and carried them to Lewes, Del. The same day the British steamship " Appleby " picked up from lifeboat No. containing 8 women and 21 men landed through the surf at the foot of South Carolina Avenue, Atlantic City, N. Passengers-58 females, 118 males, and 4 infants: total 180. , strike out lines 11 to 26 (both inclusive) and insert in lieu thereof after line 10 The official list, made later, shows that 272 survivors were landed at New York, viz: ![]() The loss of the “Texel" had a direct bearing upon the plan of operations for the “United States Naval Rail way Batteries in France." That ship was one of those chosen to transport a cargo of material for that remarkable enterprise, and her loss necessitated the selection of another vessel. , after line 5 insert a new paragraph, viz: , line 37, strike out "United Shipping States Board" and insert United States Shipping Board. The prisoners from the “Hattie Dana" "Hauppauge " and " Edna" were not released from "U-151" until June 2, and they do not make any mention of the encounter and would most likely have known of it. , after line 14, insert Note: While it would have been possible for "U-151" to have been in the vicinity of the battleships on June 1, it is improbable that the attack of the battleships was on that submarine. ![]() , after line 15, insert Note: The British steamship Crenella" > was formerly the Canadian steamship "Montcalm." The two names were confused in the dispatches and consequently the discrepancy. line 10, strike out “Kapitan Van Nostitz und Janckendorf and insert Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander) von Nostitz und Jaenckendorf. ![]()
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