These watercraft were used for daily leisure but soon became the focal point of carnivals held by internees, during which vessels were elaborately embellished to appear as gondolas, submarines, bi-planes, models of famous German yachts and clippers, dragons and even a shark. Such fantasy craft ...
The UB III submarines were one of the most successful U-boat designs of World War I, and influenced the design of the renowned Type VIII U-boat used by Germany in World War II. Modern and historical meet (Image credit: Scottish Power) The submarine wreck was found in the Irish Sea betw...
the latter had the advantage that many of their submarines (U-boats —Unterseeboote) had ocean-going capability. Also, rapid advances in submarine technology meant that the submarines of 1914 were very quickly obsolete, giving both sides a level start. Germany won the race to build a new ...
Just six days after Rankin first attended Congress in 1917,American President Wilson called for a vote to go to war against Germany as German submarines(潜水艇)attacked American ships during World War I. When Jeanette was called upon to vote,she said,“I want to stand by my country, buy ...
The story of UB-85 and the sea monster "falls into a longer trend going back at least to the 1930s of these outlandish sea tales being appended to First World War German submarines," McCartney said. "I don't know why it is, but the first U-boat war just attracts these stories — ...
aswellastheAustro-HungariansubmarinesofWorldWarI.ThetermderivesfromtheGermanNavy'ssystemofnamingitssubmarineswithUfollowedbyanumber,wheretheUstoodforUnterseeboot(literallymeaning"underseaboat"),theGermanwordforsubmarine.TheprimarytargetsoftheU-boatcampaignsinbothworldwarswerethemerchantconvoysbringingsuppliesfromthe...
TheBattle of the Atlanticwas not about the most powerful navy; neither was it about glorious battles fought between battleships and submarines. But the Battle of the Atlantic was a commerce war waged byGerman U-Boatsagainst Britain’s merchant marine. For nearly six years, Germany launched over...
The Battle of the Otranto Straits: Controlling the Gateway to the Adriatic in World War I (review) British drifters laid nets and mines across the strait to keep Austrian and German submarines out of the Adriatic, hence the name Otranto barrage. Led by their light cruisers Novara, Helgoland ...
World War I Germany was the first country to employ submarines in war as substitutes for surface commerce raiders. At the outset of World War I, German U-boats, though numbering only 38, achieved notable successes against British warships; but because of the reactions of neutral powers (...
World War II. A basic problem of submarines powered by internal-combustion engines was that of recharging the batteries, which were used for propelling the boat when it was fully submerged. Because the generator (used for recharging the batteries) was powered by theinternal-combustion engine, whic...