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PACKETS PLAIN OR IODIZEDAT GROCERS EVERYWHEREDistributors:OCEAN SALT PROPRIETARY LTD.70 Pitt Street, SydneyPhone 28-9252 Order No. 28-3429jTHE NAVVH.M.A. Submarine A.E.2 loss in DardanellesOn the 16th <strong>of</strong> December.I''14 the situation in the Pacifichaving so far improved that asingle submarine was <strong>of</strong> littleuse. the Commonwealth Government<strong>of</strong>fered the A.E.2 for servicein European waters: the <strong>of</strong>ferwas prompll) accepted, and shei>as sent with the Second Convoy(which left Albany on the31st <strong>of</strong> December I in tow <strong>of</strong> theBERRIMA — now merely atransport. As in the case <strong>of</strong> theA.E.I, rather less than half thesubmarine's crew consisted <strong>of</strong>men born in <strong>Australia</strong>.Then she disappeared frompublic \iew until the 12th <strong>of</strong>Max. when a press cable fromLondon announced that she hadbeen sunk in the Sea <strong>of</strong> <strong>Mar</strong>mora,and her crew taken prisonersby the Turks. An urgentenquiry elicited from the Admiraltythat this report wasbased on a Turkish <strong>of</strong>ficial communique,otherwise unconfirmed:but on the l°th came moredefinite news:No communications havingbeen received, from submarineA.E.2 since 26th <strong>Apr</strong>il, her lossmust be presumed. . . It wouldappear that three <strong>of</strong>ficers andseventeen men were taken prisoners.In <strong>Apr</strong>il. 1916. it was further.iscertained (from a letter writtenb) Admiral dc Robeck) that"A.E.2 was the first submarineto make the passage <strong>of</strong> the Dardanellesinto the Sea <strong>of</strong> <strong>Mar</strong>mora".But for the full account<strong>of</strong> her achievements <strong>Australia</strong>had to wait until the Armisticereleased her commander—Lieutenant-CommanderStoker—froma long and frequently brutalconfinement in Turkish prisons.Then for the first time it waslearned that she had been attached,on arrival in the Mediterranean,to the British squadronengaged in the Gallipoli op-MARCH-AFRIL, INSerations. Up to the 25th <strong>of</strong><strong>Apr</strong>il. |y|.S (Anzac Day), herpart in the fighting was quiteuneventful: but on that day Admiralde Robeck. commandingthe Eastern Mediterranean Fleet,gave Stoker written orders toattempt the passage <strong>of</strong> the straits,and added verbally that, whenthe Sea <strong>of</strong> <strong>Mar</strong>mora was safelyreached, he might take whatmeasures he chose to blockenemy traffic between the Bosphorusand the Dardanelles.Keyes. de Robcck's chicf-<strong>of</strong>staff.suggested further that,should the A.E.2 get even as faras Chanak in the straits, sheshould endeavour to sink anyminedropping vessels she couldsee. and should "run amok generally".Two previous attempts to getthrough the Dardanelles hadcompletely failed; the obstructions,both natural (e.g., thestrength <strong>of</strong> the outward current)and artificial, were known to begreat; submarines diving evenat the entrance to the strait hadfrequently be swept ashore. Asan example <strong>of</strong> difficult and audacioussubmarine work, Stoker'sachievement ranks high, andit may therefore be told morefittingly in his own words thanin any paraphrase or summary."Having proceeded from theanchorage <strong>of</strong>f Tenedos. I lay atentrance to Dardanelles until themoon set, and about 2.30 a.m.on <strong>Apr</strong>il 25 entered the straitsat about 8 knots. SearchlightsTrom White Cliffs. Kephex Point,and Chanak were sweeping thestraits. Weather calm and clear.As the order to run amok in theNarrows precluded all possibility<strong>of</strong> making the passage unseen,I decided to hold on thesurface as far as possible. As Iproceeded, the searchlights atWhite Cliffs, sweeping the lowerreaches <strong>of</strong> the strait, forced meto edge towards the northernshore. At about 4.30 a.m., beingthen not quite abreast <strong>of</strong>Swandere River, a gun openedfire at about I i miles range fromthe northern shore. I immediatelydived, and at a depth <strong>of</strong> 70to 80 feet proceeded through theminefield. During the ensuinghalf-hour or so the scraping <strong>of</strong>wires against the vessel's sideswas almost continuous, and ontwo occasions something caughtup forward and continued toknock for some considerable timebefore breaking loose and scrapingaway aft. Having risen twicefor observation in the minefield(which I considered necessary, asE.I5 had run ashore in this vicinity),on arising the third timeI found the vessel in good position,rather over to the northernside <strong>of</strong> the straits, and approachingthe Narrows, some two milesdistant. The time was then about6 a.m. In order to take stock <strong>of</strong>the situation I remained at 20feet with periscope up."The sea being a flat calm,the periscope was immediatelysighted, and a heavy fire wasopened from forts on both sides<strong>of</strong> the Narrows; the accuracy <strong>of</strong>this fire made observationthrough the periscope difficult. Iobserved a hulk anchored <strong>of</strong>fChanak on starboard side <strong>of</strong>Narrows, and several destroyersand some small craft moving inhigher reaches. As the hulkmight be dropping mines, I decidedto attack it, and edgedover to starboard with that purpose.A small cruiser, judged tobe Peik e Shetrek type, previouslyunseen, now emerged frombehind the hulk. Believing thisto be more likely to carry mines,I considered it would be betterto attack it. At a range <strong>of</strong> threeto four hundred yards I fired thebow torpedo, at the same momentordering 70 feet in order
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