The Admiralty announces that the British transport “Transylvania” was torpedoed on the 4th May, and that the following were lost: — 29 officers and 373 of other ranks, the Captain, one officer and nine of the crew. It is officially announced that destroyers picked up survivors from the “Transylvania.” A nurse, a survivor of the “Transylvania”, says that the submarine fired a torpedo and the Captain endeavoured to reach shore ten miles distant, but another torpedo struck the engine room and the vessel sank in an hour. Boats were launched in an orderly manner and the men on deck shouted to the women as the boats left: “Good-bye, see you again soon”. Owing to the rough sea it was impossible to save one hundred and fifty soldiers who stood on deck at attention when the boat sank. Captain Brenell dived into the sea from the bridge and was rescued but died the following day. Many men swam ashore. An official statement says a French fishing boat with a crew of fourteen fought and drove off a German submarine in the Bay of Biscay.