Flanders U-boat flotilla
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The Flanders U-boat flotilla was an Imperial German Navy formation set up to prosecute the U-boat campaign against Allied shipping in the Channel and the North Sea during the First World War. The Flan
Marinesoldaten und offiziere der U Flottille Flandern
Type UC I submarine
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The Type UC I coastal submarines were a class of small minelaying U-boats built in Germany during the early part of World War I. They were the first operational minelaying submarines in the world, alt
Flanders U-boat flotilla
…reached Zeebrugge oversea, sailing from Kiel with a stop in Borkum. Based on the same Type UB I, the German Navy ordered on 23 November a further fifteen Type UC I coastal minelaying U-boats, of which eleven were transported in sections to Flanders. The Flanders flotilla was constituted on 29 March 1915 in Bruges…
Type UC I submarine, UC-5
The UC-5 which had run aground in England, was salvaged and put on public display in New York in 1916.