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SM U-30 (Germany)
SM U-30 was one of 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She engaged in commerce warfare as part of the First Battle of the Atlantic. ''U-30'' is significant for the torpedoing of the US tanker ''Gulflight'' on 1 May 1915 west of Scilly.
==Torpedoing of the ''Gulflight''==
(詳細はScilly Isles, but the submarine was spotted at this point by a steam drifter, ''Clara Alice'' which reported her position to a naval patrol.
The patrol ships HMS ''Iago'' and ''Filey'' started to hunt for the submarine, but succeeded only in intercepting the US-flagged ''Gulflight'', which they took under escort. The escort proved something of a disadvantage to the ''Gulflight'' because she was obliged to slow down for the patrol and then, under international law, as a ship escorted by armed vessels became a legitimate target for attack. ''U-30'' spotted the convoy and fired one torpedo at ''Gulflight'', before noticing that she was flying an American flag. The submarine then broke off the attack in accordance with her instructions not to attack neutral vessels.
The ''Gulflight'' survived the attack, although two members of the crew drowned while evacuating the ship and the master ''Captain'' Gunter died later that night from a heart attack. The ship was towed to Crow Bay and later repaired. News of the event would be overshadowed a few days later by the sinking of the ''RMS Lusitania'' but the incident, together with the attack on ''Lusitania'' and another ship, the ''Cushing'', formed the basis of a formal complaint from the US government to Germany. Although the United States remained officially neutral in the ongoing hostilities, it reached agreement with the German government that further attacks by submarine would be strictly in accordance with "cruiser Rules" as defined by international law.
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