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SM ''U-19'' was a German Type U 19 U-boat built for the Imperial German Navy. Her construction was ordered on 25 November 1910, and her keel was laid down on 20 October 1911, at the Kaiserliche Werft Danzig. She was launched on 10 October 1912, and commissioned into the Imperial German Navy on 6 July 1913. ==Service== From 1 August 1914, to 15 March 1916, ''U-19'' was commanded by Constantin Kolbe. During this period she had the unfortunate distinction of becoming the first U-boat casualty of World War I when she was rammed by on 24 October 1914. Her hull was badly damaged, but she survived and was repaired. On the 22nd of January 1915 the Durward was near the Maas lightship when they saw the U19 on the surface. They tried to escape, but as they could only manage 12 knots they were unable to do so. The mate of the Durward, who was later interviewed by the Daily Mail's special correspondent in Rotterdam 〔http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19150123/149/0006〕 related how the second officer, who spoke excellent English, had ordered them to lower a boat and come to talk to them. The captain and crew were given ten minutes to leave the ship. The mate asked the second officer whether he could return to the ship to collect his clothes. He replied 'Sorry, old man, it can't be done. I am in the mercantile marine myself, having been in the North German Lloyd service but now I am doing a bit for my country.' The commander of the U-boat towed the lifeboat to within 100 yards of the Maas lightship, even stopping at one stage to repair the tow when it parted,after which the crew of the Durward said goodbye to the submarine and rowed to the lightship. Kolbe was relieved by Raimund Weisbach, who had previously served as torpedo officer on and had (on Kapitänleutnant Walther Schwieger's orders) launched the torpedo that sank . During his brief command, Weisbach carried out an unusual mission: he delivered the revolutionary Roger Casement and two other agents to Banna Strand in Ireland in hopes that they would foment an uprising that would distract the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from World War I. Weisbach was relieved on 11 August 1916, by Johannes Spiess, who was relieved in turn on 1 June 1917, by Heinrich Koch. Koch turned the boat over on 25 October 1917, to Hans Albrecht Liebeskind, who commanded for less than a month before being relieved on 17 November 1917, by Johannes Spiess again. On 1 June 1918, Hans Albrecht Liebeskind took over again and commanded ''U-19'' until the end of the war. ''U-19'' conducted 12 patrols, sinking 46 ships totalling 64,816 tons, including ''Santa Maria'' (5,383 tons) off Lough Swilly on 25 February 1918, ''Tiberia'' (4,880 tons) off Black Head near Larne on 26 February 1918, and (17,500 tons) off Rathlin Island on 1 March 1918. 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「SM U-19 (Germany)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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