On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 12:29:37 -0400, Retrograde <
fun...@amongus.com>
wrote:
>> Diver finds long-lost World War II submarine after 25 years of
>> searching: "The hardest mission I have ever undertaken"
>
>Very cool stuff.
The control room of a German submarine (UB-110) during World War 1 in
1918 is depicted in these photos. The submarine was recovered from the
bottom of the ocean. The gears and wheels in the control room were
color coded, and some even had numbers to assist sailors in
maneuvering them.
At the beginning of World War 1, German U-boats initially followed
naval warfare procedures by warning and allowing merchant ships to
evacuate before capturing them. However, the Allies noticed this
tactic and started arming merchant vessels. When a U-boat surfaced and
demanded surrender, the crew on board the merchant ship would launch a
surprise attack against the exposed U-boat.
In response, the Germans began sinking merchant vessels without
warning as a form of retaliation. This practice continued until as
late as 1942 when U-boats would still provide torpedoed survivors with
food, water, and directions to the nearest landmass.
However, this changed when a U-boat towing lifeboats and flying the
Red Cross flag was attacked by a U.S. bomber. To avoid being
destroyed, the U-boat was forced to abandon the survivors and dive.
As a result, for the rest of the war, the Germans were prohibited from
operating under prize rules, and unrestricted submarine warfare became
the norm.
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