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and saw a vessel approaching. From a distance of about 700 metres (770 yd) Schwieger noted she had four funnels and two masts, making her a passenger liner of some sort. He fired a single torpedo. It hit on the starboard side, almost directly below the bridge. Schwieger wrote that he was
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wrote in the margins of the American note, "Utterly impertinent", "outrageous", and "this is the most insolent thing in tone and bearing that I have had to read since the Japanese note last August." Nevertheless, to keep America out of the war, in June the Kaiser was compelled to rescind
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and made it unserviceable by cutting holes in vital parts. The gun was kept in the naval stores at Holmen in Copenhagen for almost 80 years. The conning tower was removed and placed on the front lawn of the local museum Strandingsmuseum St. George Thorsminde, where it still is today.
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coast south of Vrist, a little north of Thorsminde after suffering damage to its engines. Her crew attempted to destroy her with explosives the following day, succeeding, however, only in damaging the boat's bow (see picture) but making it effectively inoperative as a warship.
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surprised by the size of the explosion, reasoning that a second explosion must have happened, possibly caused by coal dust, a boiler explosion, or powder. According to his logs, only then did he recognise her as the
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was armed, carrying troops or illegal explosives to England and over Schwieger's method of attack. The Allies and the United States originally thought the
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remained on the beach until 1925 when the Danish government blew it up in a "spectacular explosion". The Danish navy removed the
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Schwieger was reprimanded by the Admiralty but was unrepentant. The Germans decided to report that the ship was hit by a mine.
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for refuelling and resupply, the United States had formally protested to Berlin against the brutality of his action.
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A German propaganda film without dead or wounded; many details about submarine warfare in World War I.
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coast in 1916. Torpedoes had been exploded in the bow in efforts to completely destroy the boat
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original documents, photos and maps about World War I German submarine warfare and British
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on 7 May 1915, an act that dramatically reshaped the course of the First World War.
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around the British Isles and had declared any vessel in it a legitimate target.
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sank with 1,197 casualties. The wreck lies in 300 feet (91 m) of water.
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on 5 August 1913. During World War I, she took part in operations around the
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German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net
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Fifteen minutes after he had fired his torpedo, Schwieger noted in his war
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There was at the time a great controversy about the sinking, over whether
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fired two torpedoes. Postwar investigations showed only one was fired.
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was patrolling off the southern coast of Ireland under the command of
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9,700 nautical miles (18,000 km; 11,200 mi) at 8 kn surfaced
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A 44 min. film from 1917 about a cruise of the German submarine U-35.
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Room 40: German Naval Warfare 1914–1918. Vol II., The Fleet in Being
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The Lusitania Disaster: An Episode in Modern Warfare and Diplomacy
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Grounded 4 November 1916 and destroyed by her crew the next day.
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German Warships 1815–1945, U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels
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motors with 1,700 PS (1,250 kW; 1,680 shp)
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Photos of cruises of German submarine U-54 in 1916–1918.
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The History of the Great War: The Merchant Navy, Vol. II
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and require all passenger liners be left unmolested.
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"Epilogue: Person Effects". 504:At about 13:40 Schwieger was at the 195:64.15 m (210 ft 6 in) 185:837 t (824 long tons) submerged 543:Before he got back to the docks at 211:7.30 m (23 ft 11 in) 2215:North Sea and English Channel Hunt 377:16 December 1914 – 5 November 1916 219:3.58 m (11 ft 9 in) 25: 2941:World War I submarines of Germany 282:50 m (164 ft 1 in) 2864: 2859: 2847: 2839: 2113:"Major themes of the exhibition" 1921: 1889: 1856: 1823: 1791: 1760: 1729: 1698: 1667: 1636: 1604: 1572: 1540: 1508: 1477: 1446: 1414: 1381: 1348: 1316: 1285: 1254: 1222: 1190: 1158: 1126: 1094: 1062: 1030: 998: 967: 936: 905: 874: 843: 812: 781: 750: 719: 366:5 August 1913 – 15 December 1914 60: 42: 348:1 August 1914 – 4 November 1916 2399:Koerver, Hans Joachim (2009). 2380:Koerver, Hans Joachim (2008). 2365:. Bonn: Bernard & Graefe. 2346:. 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Index

SM U-20 (1912)
German submarine U-20

German Empire
Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Goldmark
German Type U 19 submarine
t
long tons
diesel
torpedo tubes
bow
stern
torpedoes
Walther Schwieger
GRT
GRT
Type U 19
U-boat
Imperial German Navy
launched
commissioned
British Isles
sinking
RMS Lusitania
Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
Kapitänleutnant
Walther Schwieger
blockade
periscope

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