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 Geplaatst: 02 Sep 2012 23:54 Onderwerp: A submarine in the Thames |
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Submarines were a potent symbol of German ‘frightfulness’ in the Great War. They were tools in the Kaiser’s attempt to starve out the British population by blockade in 1915 and again in 1917. In 1916, one of these monstrous machines appeared in London for the public to visit.
| Quote: | In 1915, the German Government declared that from 1915 the waters around the UK were to be subject to unrestricted submarine warfare – that no warning would be given to ships before they were attacked. The fact that this was in response to the British blockade of Germany was either ignored or deemed irrelevant by Britons, who saw German submarine attacks (along with Zeppelin raids) as barbarous acts reinforcing the righeousness of Britain’s part in the war.
One of the submarines (the phrase ‘U-boat’ was more common in the Second World War than the First) in the German fleet in 1915 was UC5 launched in 1915, under the command of Oberleutenant Herbert Pustkuchen. Led by Pustkuchen and his successor Ulrich Mohrbutter, UC5 sunk 30 ships and damaged 7 more before running aground on sandbanks off the Suffolk coast in April 1916. It was captured by the British and towed to Harwich for repairs. |
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http://greatwarlondon.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/a-submarine-in-the-thames/
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http://navsource.org/archives/08/pdf/0846511.pdf
| Quote: | | The German submarine mine-layer UC-5, lying in the Thames off Temple pier, London. The submarine mine-layer is a prize of the British navy, and British sailors are shown on the deck of the captured under-sea boat. The photo clearly shows the mines in their casings on the deck near the conning tower. This craft is one of the latest types of German submarine mine-layers. |
http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08465.htm
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