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attempted to dive to avoid the attack, Duff ordered for his ship to ram the submarine at full speed, cutting it in half and killing all 23 members of its crew.
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spotted the boat through a thick fog and could hear hammering from inside the boat as the crew tried to repair the damaged engines. The
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three years later on 7 July 1912. The boat left port for its first patrol on 1 August 1914, but on 9 August,
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s Captain Arthur Duff ordered his crew to fire on the U-boat, but missed. As
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became the first U-boat loss to an enemy warship after it was rammed by
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This article about a specific naval submarine of Germany is a
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German submarine U-15

Germany
Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Goldmark
Fair Isle
58°22′N 0°58′E / 58.367°N 0.967°E / 58.367; 0.967
German Type U 13 submarine
t
long tons
Körting
paraffin
torpedo tubes
bow
stern
torpedoes
Type U 13
U-boats
German Empire
Imperial German Navy
British
light cruiser
HMS Birmingham
Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
commissioned
Fair Isle
Shetland
HMS Birmingham
"WWI U-boat commanders: Richard Pohle"
ISBN

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