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Description: | German officer commanded submarines U-32 and U-93 in English Channel, 1914-1917
REEL 1 Recollectons of service as officer aboard U Boat operating in North Atlantic, 1914-1918: conditions; question of restrictions on submarine warfare, 1914-1917; reactions to role in sinking merchant ships; effects of torpedoes; attempts to rescue crew; limited view of submarine commander through periscope and his responsibility for safety of crew; effects of changes in restrictions on submarine warfare and difficulty in identifying neutral merchant ships, 1914-1916; identifying ships by silhouettes; question of British Admiralty responsibility for submarine sinking of Lusitania, 7/5/1915; account of engagement with British Q Ship 21, 30/4/1917, including prior use of all torpedoes, commencing voyage home, sinking Phaleron by gunfire, sighting sailing vessel, decision to attack, approach to 200 yards, opening fire with gun, effects of British opening fire with hidden guns, engine failure, manning aft gun, explosion ins submarine and rescue from sea; question of restrictions on submarine warfare, 1914-1917; reactions to role in sinking merchant ships; effects of changes in restrictions on submarine warfare and difficulty in identifying neutral merchant ships, 1914-1916. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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