Blockade continues as another British ship sunk off Connemara

Galway, 14 March 1915 - A British steamer, the SS Atlanta, has been sunk off the coast of Connemara this afternoon. It was chased across the Atlantic ocean by a German submarine but was unable to escape.

The Atlanta had left from Galway docks on Sunday, bound for Glasgow. She had travelled 70 miles when the periscope of a submarine was sighted. The steamer made for the island of Inishturk but was unable to escape. It was set on fire by the submarine.

Sixteen members of the crew were saved and made it onto the island using lifeboats. On Inishturk, the crew were given bread, eggs and bacon.

Two other British ships were also lost yesterday as German submarines sought to enforce the blockade on merchant shipping. A further two vessels - the Avocet and the Lestris, both from Cork - are reported to have been chased by submarines but to have escaped.