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GERMAN SUBMARINE

UC5

Coaling the USS Tennessee [BB-43] at Brooklyn Navy Yard ca1918

NARA165-WW-322C-002

Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 165

german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

Captured German mine-layer

Photograph shows a UC-5 German mine-layer submarine

which was captured by British forces on April 27, 1916.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

1916

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

Photograph shows the SM UC-5,

a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat)

which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond.

 

The submarine, shown in Central Park, took part in the Liberty Loan Parade in New York City

on October 25, 1917.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

1917

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

Photograph shows the SM UC-5,

a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat)

which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond.

 

The submarine, shown in Central Park, took part in the Liberty Loan Parade in New York City

on October 25, 1917.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

1917

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND"

Photograph shows the chistening of the SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond.

 

The submarine was christened by Mrs. Guy Emerson,

wife of the vice president of the National Bank of Commerce

and secretary of the Liberty Loan Committee.

 

The submarine took part in the Liberty Loan Parade in New York City on October 25, 1917.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

1917

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

Photograph shows the SM UC-5,

a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat)

which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond.

 

The submarine, shown in Central Park, took part in the Liberty Loan Parade in New York City

on October 25, 1917.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

1917

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

Jackies on U-Boat

Photograph shows the SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat)

which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond.

 The submarine took part in the Liberty Loan Parade in New York City on October 25, 1917.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

1917 Oct. 25

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

Liberty Loan procession in Central Park

Photograph shows the SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat)

which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond.

The submarine took part in the Liberty Loan Parade in New York City on October 25, 1917.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

1917 Oct. 25

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

UC5

The German Imperial Navy submarine UC 5 after its capture in 1916. 

UC 5 was a German Type UC I U-boat and commissioned on 19 June 1915 at Hamburg.

She served in the First World War

under the command of Herbert Pustkuchen  (June 1915 - December 1915)

and Ulrich Mohrbutter (December 1915 - April 1916). 

UC 5 had an impressive career, with 29 ships sunk for a total of 36,288 tons on 29 patrols.

 She ran aground on Shipwash Shoal while on patrol on 27 April 1916 (51°59′N 1°38′E)

and was scuttled, but the charges failed to explode.

Her crew were captured by the British destroyer HMS Firedrake 

and the submarine was displayed at Temple Pier on the Thames river,

and later New York for propaganda purposes

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Herbert Pustkuchen

Herbert Pustkuchen

80 ships sunk with a total of 103,915 GRT
4 warships sunk with a total of 3,605 tons
12 ships damaged with a total of 39,793 GRT
1 warship damaged with a total of 3,750 tons

Born:28 Dec 1889 Detmold Died:27 May 1917 Off the Isles of Scilly 

 

UC 5    19 Jun 1915    -          18 Dec 1915

Ulrich Mohrbutter german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

Ulrich Mohrbutter

Prisoner of war on April 27, 1916.

 

Mohrbutter was promoted to Kapitänleutnant on May 17, 1919

with a retroactive seniority date of May 24, 1917

as if he hadn’t been taken prisoner.

ulrich mohrbutter german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre
ulrich mohrbutter german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

Photo Großadmiral Erich Raeder besucht Babelsberg, UFA Film U-Boote westwärts,

Ulrich Mohrbutter

man sieht grossadmiral Raeder im Gespräch mit dem Produktionsleiter films Ulrich Mohrbutter

Grossadmiral Raeder est vu en conversation avec le directeur de la production

de films Ulrich Mohrbutter

Ulrich Mohrbutter

ulrich mohrbutter german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

Victims of UC5

06-Aug-15

13-Aug-15

13-Aug-15

13-Aug-15

21-Aug-15

30-Aug-15

30-Aug-15

30-Aug-15

08-Sep-15

19-Sep-15

04-Oct-15

06-Oct-15

10-Oct-15

12-Oct-15

19-Oct-15

20-Oct-15

22-Oct-15

23-Oct-15

25-Oct-15

17-Nov-15

17-Nov-15

19-Nov-15

29-Nov-15

26-Dec-15

26-Dec-15

12-Jan-16

13-Jan-16

01-Feb-16

15-Feb-16

20-Feb-16

21-Feb-16

24-Feb-16

26-Mar-16

26-Mar-16

27-Mar-16

31-Mar-16

31-Mar-16

 Leandros

 Amethyst

 Summerfield

 Sverige

 William Dawson

 Bretwalda (d.)

 Honiton

 Saint Chamond (d.)

 Monarch

 Tord (d.)

 Enfield (d.)

 Brighton Queen

 Newcastle

 Frons Olivae

 Erin Ii

 Star Of Buchan

 Grappler (d.)

 Ilaro

 Velox

 Anglia

 Lusitania

 Falmouth Iii

 Dotterel

 E 6

 Resono

 Algerian

 Albion II

 Prinses Juliana

 Bandoeng (d.)

 Dingle

 La Flandre

 Tummel

 Hebe

 Khartoum

 Harriet

 Clinton (d.)

 Memento

Navy Trawler

Fishing vessel (Smack)

Steamer

Steamer

Steamer

Steamer

Steamer

Steamer

Cable vessel

Steamer

Steamer

Auxiliary minesweeper

Steamer

Navy Drifter

Navy Trawler

Navy Drifter

Tug

Steamer

Destroyer

Hospital ship

Steamer

Navy Trawler

Steamer

Submarine

Navy trawler

Steamer

Navy Trawler

Passenger steamer

Steamer

Steamer

Tanker

Steamer

Steamer

Fishing vessel

Steamer

Steamer

Steamer

276

57

687

1,602

284

4,037

4,914

2,866

1,122

1,313

2,124

553

3,403

98

181

81

690

2,799

380

1,862

1,834

198

1,596

725

230

3,837

240

2,885

5,851

593

2,018

531

1,494

303

1,372

3,381

1,076

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HMS Velox

velox german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

HMHS Anglia

hmhs hopital ship anglia german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

HMHS Anglia

hmha anglia hopital ship german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

Falmous III

falmous german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

Dotterel

dotterel german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

HM E6

hm e6 british submarine german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

Albion II

albion german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

Prinses Juliana

En route

Vlissingen to Tilbury

she struck a mine

laid by UC-5

near the Sunk lightship,

 

Beached at Felixstowe

and broke in two parts

and sank during a gale

on 29/03/1916

prises juliana german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

Bandoeng

bandoeng german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

La Flandre

flandre german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

Hebe

hebe german submarine UC5 mine POW prisoner WW1 1914 1918 guerre

Harriet

harriet

Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore

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