By Hans Rose Auftauchen! Kriegsfahrten von "U 53" By Robert Moraht Die Versenkung des "Danton": Meine U-Boots-Erlebnisse von der Ostsee bis zum Mittelmeer Werwolf der Meere By Otto Hersing U 21 rettet die Dardanellen By Johannes Spieß U-Boot-Abenteuer: Sechs Jahre U-Boot-Fahrten Wir jagten Panzerkreuzer: Kriegsabenteuer eines U-Boot-Offiziers Geor
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Johannes Spieß was the author of two books published after the war: U-Boot-Abenteuer: Sechs Jahre U-Boot-Fahrten and Wir jagten Panzerkreuzer: Kriegsabenteuer eines U-Boot-Offiziers
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Felix C Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >U.202 by von Spiegel is fictitcious? "Kriegstagebuch U 202" (The Adventures of the U-202) is fictitious (as is the U-boat), loosely based on von Spiegel's experience as commander of U 32.
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Just out of curiosity, would this be the correspondence in question?
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Thanks again. Apparently there was no proof of communication. The only source being British intelligence, who were notoriously alert of U-boat sightings. Throw two shinners on a yacht cruise nearby into the mix and you'll have a nice conspiracy.
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Thank you for your replies. So it was indeed the same submarine that landed Roger Casement, although under another commander (Raimund Weisbach). And while we're at it: QuoteOn the 16th April [1918] a German U-boat was sighted in the vicinity of the Kish lightship in Dublin Bay, and two men, named Robert and James Cotter, who were Sinn Feiners — one of them a brother-in-law of De Valera
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I came across the case of Joseph Dowling, who landed in a small rubber dingy off a German U-Boat in the early hours of Friday, April 12th, 1918, off the coast of Doolin, Co. Clare and landed on the beach at Crab Island, half a mile off the mainland. Links: Anyone know the submarine involved in this operation? Have there been other operations of this kind carried out in World War
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UC-42 is making headlines again: QuoteThe Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating several incidents in which clothes and other personal items belonging to its 27-strong crew were looted from the 49-metre, 400-tonne German vessel UC-42. It sank during a mine-laying operation in 1917. The hull appears to have been damaged by rogue divers attempting to remove a propeller.
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Thank you. Can you elaborate on the legal status? Military shipwrecks remain under the jurisdiction – and hence protection – of the government that lost the ship, or that government's successor. Hence, a German U-Boat from World War I still technically belongs to the German government , even though the German "Kaiserreich" is long-defunct. I read on your website that s
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Regarding the sinking of U-58: The interactive map in the "Fates" section and the U-58 article here at uboat.net (and wikipedia) claim she was sunk at 5132N 0521W off the coast of Pembrokeshire in the Bristol Channel. I emailed the author of this website: and received the following answer: QuoteHi Wikipedia is incorrect on this one. U-58 was definitely sunk outside the h
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QuoteDivers have described their discovery of a WWI German U-boat that historians believe was destroyed in 1919. All 27 crew on board the UC42 died when the submarine sank at the entrance to Cork Harbour on 10 September 1917. It had been laying mines when an explosion was heard. A team of five amateur divers from Cork discovered the submarine in good condition in 27m of water just off Ro
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