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9/27/2017 1 World War I at Sea 1 2 British navy much larger than the German England will blockade Germany Germans will cut off the Baltic supply route to Russia Germans develop U-boats Focus on British warships Go after merchant ships going into England HMS Dreadnought British Grand Fleet 3
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9272017
1
World War I at Sea
1
2
British navy much larger than the German
England will blockade Germany
Germans will cut off the Baltic supply route to Russia
Germans develop U-boats
Focus on British warships Go after merchant ships
going into England
HMS Dreadnought
British Grand Fleet
3
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2
4
Restricted Submarine Warfare vs
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
5
Understand the Difference
NY Tribune1 May 1915
7 May 1915 8 miles off coast of southern coast of Ireland Violated German blockade around UK Sank in 18 minutes 1198 lives lost
(413 of 702 Crew 785 of 1257 Passengers) 128 Americans die
Years Later Determined that Carrying over 4 million Remington 303 Rounds of
Ammunition for British
6
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3
7
Battle of Jutland ndash ldquoLast great clash of capital shipsrdquo
Naval war focuses on the North Sea
German ndash British fleets
German goal ndash trap the British fleet sink with torpedorsquos from U-boats
8
A draw in the end
Both side suffer equal losses
English continue to blockade Germany
Germany continues to halt aid to Russia
9
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10
Print this book out from course
web site
Q - ships (Question)
British ndash Merchant Ships
200 in combat27 ndash 29 Q-Ships sunk11 ndash 14 U-Boats sunk10 of total U-Boats losses in WWI
11
German Commerce Raiders
Felix von LucknerldquoSee Adlerrdquo = Sea Eagle
December 1916 ndash August 1917
16 ships (UK FR US IT)30099 tons
12
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5
ASDIC (Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)(UK ndash WWI) SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging)(US ndash Pre-WWII)
13
14
15
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6
16
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
17
18
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7
19
Sgt Norman Finch VC
20
A group of the raiders at a reunion in 1963 Photo taken in Ostend in front of the bow
section of the HMS Vindictive which had been salvaged after the First World War
21
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8
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
22
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
23
During the first World War steel was becoming scarce President Woodrow Wilson approved the construction of 24 concrete ships Of the 24 only 12 were built at a total cost of $50 million By the time the ships were completed the war had already ended
24
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9
25
26
June 201027
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10
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the
German Navy
28
Allied offensive pushes German forces back toward Germany (October 1918)
bullGerman leaders begin to seriously look at Wilsonrsquos 14 pointsbullGerman political leadership moves to make Germany a Constitutional Monarchy (like England)
bull Germany will feel the final days ldquosocialistrdquo sailorrsquos revolt in Kiel seizure of control of the ldquoKaiserliche Marinerdquo
21 November 1918
Sail to Scapa Flow
29
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
30
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11
31
Surface Ships ndash No Real impactUndersea Boats ndash Large Impact (WWII)
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2
4
Restricted Submarine Warfare vs
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
5
Understand the Difference
NY Tribune1 May 1915
7 May 1915 8 miles off coast of southern coast of Ireland Violated German blockade around UK Sank in 18 minutes 1198 lives lost
(413 of 702 Crew 785 of 1257 Passengers) 128 Americans die
Years Later Determined that Carrying over 4 million Remington 303 Rounds of
Ammunition for British
6
9272017
3
7
Battle of Jutland ndash ldquoLast great clash of capital shipsrdquo
Naval war focuses on the North Sea
German ndash British fleets
German goal ndash trap the British fleet sink with torpedorsquos from U-boats
8
A draw in the end
Both side suffer equal losses
English continue to blockade Germany
Germany continues to halt aid to Russia
9
9272017
4
10
Print this book out from course
web site
Q - ships (Question)
British ndash Merchant Ships
200 in combat27 ndash 29 Q-Ships sunk11 ndash 14 U-Boats sunk10 of total U-Boats losses in WWI
11
German Commerce Raiders
Felix von LucknerldquoSee Adlerrdquo = Sea Eagle
December 1916 ndash August 1917
16 ships (UK FR US IT)30099 tons
12
9272017
5
ASDIC (Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)(UK ndash WWI) SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging)(US ndash Pre-WWII)
13
14
15
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6
16
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
17
18
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7
19
Sgt Norman Finch VC
20
A group of the raiders at a reunion in 1963 Photo taken in Ostend in front of the bow
section of the HMS Vindictive which had been salvaged after the First World War
21
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8
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
22
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
23
During the first World War steel was becoming scarce President Woodrow Wilson approved the construction of 24 concrete ships Of the 24 only 12 were built at a total cost of $50 million By the time the ships were completed the war had already ended
24
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9
25
26
June 201027
9272017
10
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the
German Navy
28
Allied offensive pushes German forces back toward Germany (October 1918)
bullGerman leaders begin to seriously look at Wilsonrsquos 14 pointsbullGerman political leadership moves to make Germany a Constitutional Monarchy (like England)
bull Germany will feel the final days ldquosocialistrdquo sailorrsquos revolt in Kiel seizure of control of the ldquoKaiserliche Marinerdquo
21 November 1918
Sail to Scapa Flow
29
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
30
9272017
11
31
Surface Ships ndash No Real impactUndersea Boats ndash Large Impact (WWII)
9272017
3
7
Battle of Jutland ndash ldquoLast great clash of capital shipsrdquo
Naval war focuses on the North Sea
German ndash British fleets
German goal ndash trap the British fleet sink with torpedorsquos from U-boats
8
A draw in the end
Both side suffer equal losses
English continue to blockade Germany
Germany continues to halt aid to Russia
9
9272017
4
10
Print this book out from course
web site
Q - ships (Question)
British ndash Merchant Ships
200 in combat27 ndash 29 Q-Ships sunk11 ndash 14 U-Boats sunk10 of total U-Boats losses in WWI
11
German Commerce Raiders
Felix von LucknerldquoSee Adlerrdquo = Sea Eagle
December 1916 ndash August 1917
16 ships (UK FR US IT)30099 tons
12
9272017
5
ASDIC (Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)(UK ndash WWI) SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging)(US ndash Pre-WWII)
13
14
15
9272017
6
16
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
17
18
9272017
7
19
Sgt Norman Finch VC
20
A group of the raiders at a reunion in 1963 Photo taken in Ostend in front of the bow
section of the HMS Vindictive which had been salvaged after the First World War
21
9272017
8
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
22
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
23
During the first World War steel was becoming scarce President Woodrow Wilson approved the construction of 24 concrete ships Of the 24 only 12 were built at a total cost of $50 million By the time the ships were completed the war had already ended
24
9272017
9
25
26
June 201027
9272017
10
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the
German Navy
28
Allied offensive pushes German forces back toward Germany (October 1918)
bullGerman leaders begin to seriously look at Wilsonrsquos 14 pointsbullGerman political leadership moves to make Germany a Constitutional Monarchy (like England)
bull Germany will feel the final days ldquosocialistrdquo sailorrsquos revolt in Kiel seizure of control of the ldquoKaiserliche Marinerdquo
21 November 1918
Sail to Scapa Flow
29
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
30
9272017
11
31
Surface Ships ndash No Real impactUndersea Boats ndash Large Impact (WWII)
9272017
4
10
Print this book out from course
web site
Q - ships (Question)
British ndash Merchant Ships
200 in combat27 ndash 29 Q-Ships sunk11 ndash 14 U-Boats sunk10 of total U-Boats losses in WWI
11
German Commerce Raiders
Felix von LucknerldquoSee Adlerrdquo = Sea Eagle
December 1916 ndash August 1917
16 ships (UK FR US IT)30099 tons
12
9272017
5
ASDIC (Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)(UK ndash WWI) SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging)(US ndash Pre-WWII)
13
14
15
9272017
6
16
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
17
18
9272017
7
19
Sgt Norman Finch VC
20
A group of the raiders at a reunion in 1963 Photo taken in Ostend in front of the bow
section of the HMS Vindictive which had been salvaged after the First World War
21
9272017
8
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
22
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
23
During the first World War steel was becoming scarce President Woodrow Wilson approved the construction of 24 concrete ships Of the 24 only 12 were built at a total cost of $50 million By the time the ships were completed the war had already ended
24
9272017
9
25
26
June 201027
9272017
10
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the
German Navy
28
Allied offensive pushes German forces back toward Germany (October 1918)
bullGerman leaders begin to seriously look at Wilsonrsquos 14 pointsbullGerman political leadership moves to make Germany a Constitutional Monarchy (like England)
bull Germany will feel the final days ldquosocialistrdquo sailorrsquos revolt in Kiel seizure of control of the ldquoKaiserliche Marinerdquo
21 November 1918
Sail to Scapa Flow
29
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
30
9272017
11
31
Surface Ships ndash No Real impactUndersea Boats ndash Large Impact (WWII)
9272017
5
ASDIC (Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)(UK ndash WWI) SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging)(US ndash Pre-WWII)
13
14
15
9272017
6
16
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
17
18
9272017
7
19
Sgt Norman Finch VC
20
A group of the raiders at a reunion in 1963 Photo taken in Ostend in front of the bow
section of the HMS Vindictive which had been salvaged after the First World War
21
9272017
8
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
22
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
23
During the first World War steel was becoming scarce President Woodrow Wilson approved the construction of 24 concrete ships Of the 24 only 12 were built at a total cost of $50 million By the time the ships were completed the war had already ended
24
9272017
9
25
26
June 201027
9272017
10
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the
German Navy
28
Allied offensive pushes German forces back toward Germany (October 1918)
bullGerman leaders begin to seriously look at Wilsonrsquos 14 pointsbullGerman political leadership moves to make Germany a Constitutional Monarchy (like England)
bull Germany will feel the final days ldquosocialistrdquo sailorrsquos revolt in Kiel seizure of control of the ldquoKaiserliche Marinerdquo
21 November 1918
Sail to Scapa Flow
29
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
30
9272017
11
31
Surface Ships ndash No Real impactUndersea Boats ndash Large Impact (WWII)
9272017
6
16
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
17
18
9272017
7
19
Sgt Norman Finch VC
20
A group of the raiders at a reunion in 1963 Photo taken in Ostend in front of the bow
section of the HMS Vindictive which had been salvaged after the First World War
21
9272017
8
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
22
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
23
During the first World War steel was becoming scarce President Woodrow Wilson approved the construction of 24 concrete ships Of the 24 only 12 were built at a total cost of $50 million By the time the ships were completed the war had already ended
24
9272017
9
25
26
June 201027
9272017
10
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the
German Navy
28
Allied offensive pushes German forces back toward Germany (October 1918)
bullGerman leaders begin to seriously look at Wilsonrsquos 14 pointsbullGerman political leadership moves to make Germany a Constitutional Monarchy (like England)
bull Germany will feel the final days ldquosocialistrdquo sailorrsquos revolt in Kiel seizure of control of the ldquoKaiserliche Marinerdquo
21 November 1918
Sail to Scapa Flow
29
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
30
9272017
11
31
Surface Ships ndash No Real impactUndersea Boats ndash Large Impact (WWII)
9272017
7
19
Sgt Norman Finch VC
20
A group of the raiders at a reunion in 1963 Photo taken in Ostend in front of the bow
section of the HMS Vindictive which had been salvaged after the First World War
21
9272017
8
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
22
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
23
During the first World War steel was becoming scarce President Woodrow Wilson approved the construction of 24 concrete ships Of the 24 only 12 were built at a total cost of $50 million By the time the ships were completed the war had already ended
24
9272017
9
25
26
June 201027
9272017
10
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the
German Navy
28
Allied offensive pushes German forces back toward Germany (October 1918)
bullGerman leaders begin to seriously look at Wilsonrsquos 14 pointsbullGerman political leadership moves to make Germany a Constitutional Monarchy (like England)
bull Germany will feel the final days ldquosocialistrdquo sailorrsquos revolt in Kiel seizure of control of the ldquoKaiserliche Marinerdquo
21 November 1918
Sail to Scapa Flow
29
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
30
9272017
11
31
Surface Ships ndash No Real impactUndersea Boats ndash Large Impact (WWII)
9272017
8
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
22
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
23
During the first World War steel was becoming scarce President Woodrow Wilson approved the construction of 24 concrete ships Of the 24 only 12 were built at a total cost of $50 million By the time the ships were completed the war had already ended
24
9272017
9
25
26
June 201027
9272017
10
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the
German Navy
28
Allied offensive pushes German forces back toward Germany (October 1918)
bullGerman leaders begin to seriously look at Wilsonrsquos 14 pointsbullGerman political leadership moves to make Germany a Constitutional Monarchy (like England)
bull Germany will feel the final days ldquosocialistrdquo sailorrsquos revolt in Kiel seizure of control of the ldquoKaiserliche Marinerdquo
21 November 1918
Sail to Scapa Flow
29
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
30
9272017
11
31
Surface Ships ndash No Real impactUndersea Boats ndash Large Impact (WWII)
9272017
9
25
26
June 201027
9272017
10
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the
German Navy
28
Allied offensive pushes German forces back toward Germany (October 1918)
bullGerman leaders begin to seriously look at Wilsonrsquos 14 pointsbullGerman political leadership moves to make Germany a Constitutional Monarchy (like England)
bull Germany will feel the final days ldquosocialistrdquo sailorrsquos revolt in Kiel seizure of control of the ldquoKaiserliche Marinerdquo
21 November 1918
Sail to Scapa Flow
29
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
30
9272017
11
31
Surface Ships ndash No Real impactUndersea Boats ndash Large Impact (WWII)
9272017
10
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the
German Navy
28
Allied offensive pushes German forces back toward Germany (October 1918)
bullGerman leaders begin to seriously look at Wilsonrsquos 14 pointsbullGerman political leadership moves to make Germany a Constitutional Monarchy (like England)
bull Germany will feel the final days ldquosocialistrdquo sailorrsquos revolt in Kiel seizure of control of the ldquoKaiserliche Marinerdquo
21 November 1918
Sail to Scapa Flow
29
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
30
9272017
11
31
Surface Ships ndash No Real impactUndersea Boats ndash Large Impact (WWII)
9272017
11
31
Surface Ships ndash No Real impactUndersea Boats ndash Large Impact (WWII)
