Category: History - British
There has naturally been a great deal of ink spilled during the War on the subject of the U-boat. The British Submarines have worked unseen and unheard of. Occasionally a few official lines have appeared in the newspapers about them, but the very nature of the work they have b...
"I am pleased to be able to record that, with the two submarines meeting end on--the one in enemy waters and the other just returning to base after a somewhat difficult mine-lay...
10. Part 10"October 11th: Sank _Walter Leonhardt_ of Hamburg. Crew taken aboard Swedish steamer. Then sank _Gutrune_, carrying iron ore to Hamburg. At 4.55 P.M., stopped and sank _Director...
3. Part 3"I have a look round, and if it's all clear I sing out below to start the charge. They get on with it then, and the engines start bumping the batteries up full bore, and at the...
7. Part 7Facing each other across the southern part of the North Sea were the opposing submarine bases of Harwich and Flanders. The boats from these bases occasionally met and fought, bu...
13. Part 13I have mentioned the case of "E 13," and described her shelling by the enemy when she lay aground on the Island of Saltholm. Of the survivors, two were at once sent to hospital,...
9. Part 9"3.20 P.M.: Rose to surface and opened fire at a considerable body of troops, apparently resting. They immediately dispersed, and subsequently opened a well-directed fire with a...
1. Part 1There has naturally been a great deal of ink spilled during the War on the subject of the U-boat. The British Submarines have worked unseen and unheard of. Occasionally a few of...
5. Part 5The work of the submarines on the anti-submarine patrols, minelaying trips, etc., was useful, and at times exciting; but it must be remembered that the main duty of the flotilla...
12. Part 12The enemy also suffered from a very touchy pistol which they introduced for the war-heads of their torpedoes. It was a very good pistol for service, as it went off unfailingly o...
11. Part 11The Danish torpedo-boats at once got out their boats, and one torpedo-boat steamed in between the Germans and their target--this action causing the Germans to cease fire. The Ge...
6. Part 6"7.45 A.M., March 24th, 1918; 'E 44' (Lieut. Venning): Five battleships (apparently of _Kaiser_ class) and a destroyer (the latter zigzagging). Turned to attack on surface. The...
2. Part 2The gauge-needle quivered and began to rise. At eight feet the Captain stepped back, and, taking the periscope training-handles, began to look into the rubber-padded eye-piece,...
4. Part 4The success of this scheme of U-boat hunting depended, of course, entirely on the secrecy maintained as to its existence; it was therefore unfortunate that the prisoners from U...
14. Part 14If submarines are allowed to navies of the future, they must have a code of rules to work by. The code should be drawn up by people who know their subject, and who are also infl...