HMS Pathfinder (1904)
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HMS Pathfinder was the lead ship of her class of two British scout cruisers, and was the first ship ever to be sunk by a self-propelled torpedo fired by submarine. She was built by Cammell Laird, Birk
HMS Pathfinder
The loss of HMS Pathfinder
Otto Hersing
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Otto Hersing was a German naval officer who served as U-boat commander in the Kaiserliche Marine and the k.u.k. Kriegsmarine during World War I.
HMS Pathfinder (1904)
…Francis Martin-Leake. Pathfinder was sunk off St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire, Scotland, on 5 September 1914 by the German U-21, commanded by Kapitänleutnant Otto Hersing. The ship was struck in a magazine, which exploded, causing the ship to sink within minutes with the loss of 259 men. At the beginning of September…
Почтовая открытка. Капитан лейтенант Херзинг, фотография
Willy Stöwer's painting of U-21 sinking Linda Blanche
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