|
The Action of 8 May 1918 was a small naval engagement which occurred off Algiers, North Africa during World War I. In the action, an American armed yacht and a British destroyer encountered the German U-boat . Initially, the engagement was thought to be inconclusive, but later on the allied warships were credited with sinking the German submarine. ==Action== On 16 April, the German U-boat ''UB-70''—under ''Kapitänleutnant'' Johannes Remy—left her home port in Germany for the Mediterranean Sea at the end of World War I. Her mission was to conduct unrestricted submarine warfare operations against allied supply lanes, primarily against Italian merchantmen. Little is known about the disappearance of ''UB-70'' except that she was in operation against an allied supply convoy somewhere near Algiers, Algeria. At about 17:00 on 8 May 1918, the American armed yacht —under Richard P. McCullough—and the British destroyer HMS ''Basilisk'' were steaming and protecting a convoy from Bizerte to Gibraltar when they encountered ''UB-70'', lining up for a shot at the British merchant ship SS ''Ingleside''. The Central Powers submarine fired torpedoes and at least one hit the civil vessel. ''Ingleside'' burst into flames and immediately began to sink. The merchant ship was manned by an unknown number of crew, some of whom were killed or wounded, and some went down with the ship. The survivors waited for rescue on deck of their sinking ship or in the water. ''Ingleside'' went down, and by 17:35 the protecting allied warships spotted the submarine. According to post-war accounts, either USS ''Lydonia'' or HMS ''Basilisk'' rammed the U-boat when it began to submerge and flee. A running battle ensued for fifteen minutes. The allied warships were coordinated and together dropped several well placed depth charges on the fleeing enemy submarine until a slight oil slick began to emerge. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Action of 8 May 1918」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|