Paper NID 10774, folios 1-13. Folios 1-3: Extracts from note books belonging to Albert...

ADM 137/3872/1

1917-1918

Paper NID 10774, folios 1-13.

Folios 1-3: Extracts from note books belonging to Albert Gronsky, Steuermann (Navigating Warrant Officer), one of prize crew from U.43, 9 February 1917.

Folios 4-9: Translation of papers from a diary found among the papers of prisoners from U.43 on board Italian SS Famiglia, January - February 1917.

Folios 10-13: Report written by Engineer Officer, G Dita, of Italian steamer Famiglia from notes taken on board. (Accompanying report of Commanding Officer, HMS Moldavia, dated 9 February 1917), [which is not present]. Paper CB 01361, OXO, folios 14-20.

Folios 14-20:, Report of interrogation of survivors of U.45 sunk 12 September 1917. Contents: Remarks regarding two survivors: Leading Telegraphist Josef Pustelnik and Stoker Otto Babbel. Crew [officers' names recorded] and details of “U.45”. Cruises and sinking of U.45. Special recognition mark for aircraft. Organisation of submarine service. Submarine cruisers. Seaplane carriers. Battle cruiser Moltke with colour elevation plans, (folio 19). Battle of Jutland. Former actions of Moltke. Hindenberg, Derfflinger and Von der Tann. New Construction. Death of Captain Thorbecke, captain of the battleship Konig Albert. Pustelnik reported that there had been a mutiny on board the Koning Albert and that Captain Thorbecke had been thrown overboard by the mutineers. Appendix: Extract of letter written from Josef Pustelnik to his mother in Lipine, Upper Silesia, dated 26 September 1917. Paper CB 01398, OXO, folios 21-32.

Folios 21-32: Report dated December 1917 of interrogation of survivors from U.48, ran aground on the Goodwins, 24 November 1917. Part I. Contents: Last cruise of U.48. Previous cruises of U.48, with track chart showing her movements for December 1916 to January 1917, (folio 24). Anti-submarine methods. Losses of submarines. Recognition marks for aircraft. Personnel of submarine service. Organisation of submarine service. Recruiting for the submarine service. Submarine training service. Morale in submarine service. Mutiny of German Fleet, July 1917. Appendix I: Extracts from survivors letters, from Engine Room P.O. (2nd CLass) Walter Gach to Fraulein Walpurin, Breslau, dated 2 December 1917, and from Engine Room P.O. (1st Class) Paul Luke to Fraulein Deutschmann, Posen, dated 2 December 1917. Appendix II: Nominal lists of survivors (name and rank) and killed or drowned of U.48. Paper CB 01398A, OXO, folios 33-45.

Folios 34-45: Report dated December 1917 of interrogation of survivors from U.48, Part II. Technical Information. Contents: Converted mercantile submarines. Rough sketches showing reported internal arrangements of a cruiser submarine and converted mercantile submarine, (folio 36). Cruiser submarines proper, U.158-161, U.162-(?) 169. Modern ocean-going submarines with a plate showing sections through side of conning tower and arrangement of tanks, (folio 39). U.63-65. U.71-80. U.87-92. U-boat construction, U.B.48-110, U.B.1-17. Battleship Prinz Regent Luitpold. Paper NID 12482 and NID 12483, folios 46-94.

Folios 46-94: Report of interrogation of prize crew carried by U.49 and U.50, captured 18 November 1916 from Norwegian SS Older. Names of men captured on (folio 48) : Walter E. A. Burghagen, Wilhelm Lohmann, Arthur Fassian, Heinrich Bolin, Aribert Konopacki, Alphons Samitowsky, (from U.49) ; and Ernst Boldt, Christian Kruse, Adolf Bauer, (from U.50). General narrative leading to capture of U.49 and U.50, (folios 48-52) ; engagements with defensively armed ships, (folio 53) ; treatment of masters of defensively armed ships, (folio 53) ; sinking without warning, (folio 53) ; navigation lights, (folios 53-54) ; wireless communication, (folio 54) ; sound signalling apparatus, (folio 55) ; general details of German submarines, (folios 56-68) ; submarine service general information, (folios 69-73) ; movements and deeds of submarines including U.70, (folios 74-76) ; mention made to the Lusitania crime, (folio 76) ; commercial submarine Deutschland, (folio 77) ; translation of diary kept by Alphons Samitowsky, U.49, (folios 79-82) ; translation of diary kept by leading seaman, Adolf Bauer, U.50, (folios 83-87). German battleships, Bayern; Konig Class; Kaiser; Helgoland and Nassau classes; Battle Cruiser Hindenburg; Minelaying Cruisers; Destroyers, (folios 88-94). Paper CB 01383, OXO, folios 95-105.

Folios 95-105: Report of the interrogation of survivors from U.58 sunk by USS Fanning, 7 November 1917. Contents: List of crew of U.58, (folios 97-98). Last cruise and previous cruises of U.58, (folios 98-99). Technical details of U.58, (folios 99-100). Submarines, (folios 100-101). Submarine losses, (folio 101). Second Submarine Flotilla, (folio 101). Battleships: Kronprinz, Kaiser, Prinzregent Luitpold, Light cruiser: Konigsberg, the tug Helga, (folios 101-103). High Seas Fleet, (folio 103). Awards and Decorations, (folio 103). New construction, (folio 103). Seaman Divisions, (folio 104). Raiders, (folio 104). General Conditions, (folio 104). Appendix I: Extract from a notebook belonging to Leading Stoker Philipp Meyer, (folio 104). Appendix II: Translation of a letter written from Lieutenant-Commander G Amberger to Lieutenant-Commander W Rother, 21st November 1917, (folio 105). Paper CB 01464, OXO, folios 105-123.

Folios 105-123: Report of interrogation of survivors from U.64 sunk 17 June 1918 by HMS Lychnis. Contents: Last cruise and loss of U.64. Previous cruises of U.64. Remarks on Lieutenant-Commander Robert Moraht and crew of U.64. Promotion in the German Navy. Mediterranean Submarine Flotilla. Submarine Losses. Tactics of submarines. Allied anti-submarine measures. Technical details of U.64. Torpedoes. Position of Engineer Officers in the German Navy. Appendix I: Tank capacities of U.64. Appendix II: Crew of U.64. Plates: Ballast tank blow valve, (folio 115). Arrangement of bulkheads and tanks in U.64, (folio 117). Salvage air system in U.64, (folio 120). Diagrams: Oxygen system in U.64, air bottle and connections in U.64 (folio 114).

Folios 123-125: Translation of an article in 'Tidens Tegn', dated 31 January 1917 regarding the sinking of U.76 off Hammerfest, 27 January 1917.

Folios 126-127: Two letters from Norway, 5th March 1917 describing the sinking of U.76 off Hammerfest.

Folios 128-129: duplicate of folios 123-125.

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