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The U-boat campaign from 1914 to 1918 was the World War I naval campaign fought by German U-boats against the trade routes of the Allies, largely in the seas around the British Isles and in the Mediterranean, as part of a mutual blockade between the German Empire and the United Kingdom.
Largest ships hit by U-boats in World War I [7] Ship Type Nationality [Note 1] Tons Date U-boat Commander Notes HMHS Britannic: Hospital ship Royal Navy: 48,758 21 November 1916: U-73: Gustav Sieß Sunk by Mine Justicia [a] Troop ship United Kingdom: 32,234 19 July 1918: UB-64: Otto von Schrader: Damaged, taken under tow Justicia: Troop ship ...
The Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I (sometimes called the "First Battle of the Atlantic", in reference to the World War II campaign of that name) was the prolonged naval conflict between German submarines and the Allied navies in Atlantic waters—the seas around the British Isles, the North Sea and the coast of France.
U-boat crews, 1914-45. London: Osprey. ISBN 1855325454. Wilson, Ben (2014). Empire of the deep: the rise and fall of the British Navy. London: Phoenix. ISBN 978-0-7538-2920-2. The British Navy from within. London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1914. OCLC 3696385. The Navy List for April 1916. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1916. Vietnam to ...
On 2 November 1916, the German U-boat U-30 suffered a mechanical failure while patrolling off the Norwegian coast. She sent a distress signal which was answered by U-20, which was returning from patrol northabout from Ireland. They met and both U-boats started for the Danish coast, where they were to be met off the Bovsberg Light. The British ...
Pages in category "U-boats commissioned in 1916" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
SM U-49 [Note 1] was the seventh U-boat of the U-43 class. She was ordered on 4 August 1914 and was put into the III Flotilla 7 August 1916. In her career she sank 38 ships for a total of 86,320 gross register tons (GRT).
On 24 September 1915, Baralong sank the U-boat U-41, for which its commanding officer at the time, Lieutenant-Commander Andrew Wilmot-Smith was awarded the DSO, the engineer J. M. Dowie the DSC, and two of the crew received a DSM. A bounty of £1,000 was also awarded. [21] Wilmot-Smith, was later awarded £170 prize bounty by the Prize Court. [20]