world war i at sea -...
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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
4
Restricted Submarine Warfare vs
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
5
NY Tribune 1 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 128 Americans die
Years Later Determined that Carrying over 4 million Remington 303 bullets for
British
6
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
Q- ships
British ndash Merchant Ships
200 in combat27 ndash 29 Q-Ships sunk11 ndash 14 U-Boats sunk10 of total U-Boats losses in WWI
10
German Commerce Raiders
Felix von LucknerldquoSee Adlerrdquo = Sea Eagle
December 1916 ndash August 1917
16 ships (UK FR US IT)30099 tons
11
ASDIC (Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)(UK ndash WWI) SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging)(US ndash Pre-WWII) 12
13
14
15
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
16
17
18
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
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
4
Restricted Submarine Warfare vs
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
5
NY Tribune 1 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 128 Americans die
Years Later Determined that Carrying over 4 million Remington 303 bullets for
British
6
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
Q- ships
British ndash Merchant Ships
200 in combat27 ndash 29 Q-Ships sunk11 ndash 14 U-Boats sunk10 of total U-Boats losses in WWI
10
German Commerce Raiders
Felix von LucknerldquoSee Adlerrdquo = Sea Eagle
December 1916 ndash August 1917
16 ships (UK FR US IT)30099 tons
11
ASDIC (Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)(UK ndash WWI) SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging)(US ndash Pre-WWII) 12
13
14
15
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
16
17
18
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
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
4
Restricted Submarine Warfare vs
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
5
NY Tribune 1 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 128 Americans die
Years Later Determined that Carrying over 4 million Remington 303 bullets for
British
6
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
Q- ships
British ndash Merchant Ships
200 in combat27 ndash 29 Q-Ships sunk11 ndash 14 U-Boats sunk10 of total U-Boats losses in WWI
10
German Commerce Raiders
Felix von LucknerldquoSee Adlerrdquo = Sea Eagle
December 1916 ndash August 1917
16 ships (UK FR US IT)30099 tons
11
ASDIC (Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)(UK ndash WWI) SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging)(US ndash Pre-WWII) 12
13
14
15
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
16
17
18
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
4
Restricted Submarine Warfare vs
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
5
NY Tribune 1 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 128 Americans die
Years Later Determined that Carrying over 4 million Remington 303 bullets for
British
6
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
Q- ships
British ndash Merchant Ships
200 in combat27 ndash 29 Q-Ships sunk11 ndash 14 U-Boats sunk10 of total U-Boats losses in WWI
10
German Commerce Raiders
Felix von LucknerldquoSee Adlerrdquo = Sea Eagle
December 1916 ndash August 1917
16 ships (UK FR US IT)30099 tons
11
ASDIC (Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)(UK ndash WWI) SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging)(US ndash Pre-WWII) 12
13
14
15
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
16
17
18
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
Restricted Submarine Warfare vs
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
5
NY Tribune 1 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 128 Americans die
Years Later Determined that Carrying over 4 million Remington 303 bullets for
British
6
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
Q- ships
British ndash Merchant Ships
200 in combat27 ndash 29 Q-Ships sunk11 ndash 14 U-Boats sunk10 of total U-Boats losses in WWI
10
German Commerce Raiders
Felix von LucknerldquoSee Adlerrdquo = Sea Eagle
December 1916 ndash August 1917
16 ships (UK FR US IT)30099 tons
11
ASDIC (Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)(UK ndash WWI) SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging)(US ndash Pre-WWII) 12
13
14
15
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
16
17
18
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
NY Tribune 1 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 128 Americans die
Years Later Determined that Carrying over 4 million Remington 303 bullets for
British
6
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
Q- ships
British ndash Merchant Ships
200 in combat27 ndash 29 Q-Ships sunk11 ndash 14 U-Boats sunk10 of total U-Boats losses in WWI
10
German Commerce Raiders
Felix von LucknerldquoSee Adlerrdquo = Sea Eagle
December 1916 ndash August 1917
16 ships (UK FR US IT)30099 tons
11
ASDIC (Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)(UK ndash WWI) SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging)(US ndash Pre-WWII) 12
13
14
15
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
16
17
18
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
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
Q- ships
British ndash Merchant Ships
200 in combat27 ndash 29 Q-Ships sunk11 ndash 14 U-Boats sunk10 of total U-Boats losses in WWI
10
German Commerce Raiders
Felix von LucknerldquoSee Adlerrdquo = Sea Eagle
December 1916 ndash August 1917
16 ships (UK FR US IT)30099 tons
11
ASDIC (Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)(UK ndash WWI) SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging)(US ndash Pre-WWII) 12
13
14
15
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
16
17
18
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
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
Q- ships
British ndash Merchant Ships
200 in combat27 ndash 29 Q-Ships sunk11 ndash 14 U-Boats sunk10 of total U-Boats losses in WWI
10
German Commerce Raiders
Felix von LucknerldquoSee Adlerrdquo = Sea Eagle
December 1916 ndash August 1917
16 ships (UK FR US IT)30099 tons
11
ASDIC (Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)(UK ndash WWI) SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging)(US ndash Pre-WWII) 12
13
14
15
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
16
17
18
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
A draw in the end
Both side suffer equal losses
English continue to blockade Germany
Germany continues to halt aid to Russia
9
Q- ships
British ndash Merchant Ships
200 in combat27 ndash 29 Q-Ships sunk11 ndash 14 U-Boats sunk10 of total U-Boats losses in WWI
10
German Commerce Raiders
Felix von LucknerldquoSee Adlerrdquo = Sea Eagle
December 1916 ndash August 1917
16 ships (UK FR US IT)30099 tons
11
ASDIC (Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)(UK ndash WWI) SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging)(US ndash Pre-WWII) 12
13
14
15
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
16
17
18
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
Q- ships
British ndash Merchant Ships
200 in combat27 ndash 29 Q-Ships sunk11 ndash 14 U-Boats sunk10 of total U-Boats losses in WWI
10
German Commerce Raiders
Felix von LucknerldquoSee Adlerrdquo = Sea Eagle
December 1916 ndash August 1917
16 ships (UK FR US IT)30099 tons
11
ASDIC (Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)(UK ndash WWI) SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging)(US ndash Pre-WWII) 12
13
14
15
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
16
17
18
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
German Commerce Raiders
Felix von LucknerldquoSee Adlerrdquo = Sea Eagle
December 1916 ndash August 1917
16 ships (UK FR US IT)30099 tons
11
ASDIC (Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)(UK ndash WWI) SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging)(US ndash Pre-WWII) 12
13
14
15
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
16
17
18
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
ASDIC (Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)(UK ndash WWI) SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging)(US ndash Pre-WWII) 12
13
14
15
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
16
17
18
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
13
14
15
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
16
17
18
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
14
15
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
16
17
18
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
15
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
16
17
18
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
Important WWI U-Boat Destroyer Torpedo Boat Base
Bruges Belgium25 of all British Shipping Losses
16
17
18
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
17
18
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
18
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
Sgt Norman Finch VC
19
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
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
20
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
St James Cemetery Zeebrugge
21
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
The ldquoConcreterdquo Ships of World War I
22
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
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
23
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
24
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
25
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
June 201026
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
One Final Attack to ldquoSalvage the Honorrdquo of the German Navy
27
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
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 28
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29
74 German ships
scuttled at Scapa Flow
21 June 1919
29