Folios 83-91: CB number 01378 O.X.O, Copy number 30, UC.63 Interrogation of Survivors....

Folios 83-91: CB number 01378 O.X.O, Copy number 30, UC.63 Interrogation of Survivors.

Folio 84: Cover sheet UC.63.

Folio 85: Table of Contents.

Folio 85: Petty Officer 2nd Class Fritz Marsal was the sole survivor of UC.63. Served in torpedo boats and destroyers. In December 1916 joining UC.63 until captured on 1 December 1917.

Folio 85: Previous Cruises of UC.63. Belonging to UC.61-64 class, built in the Weser Yard, commissioned in January 1917 and preceded to Bruges. (1) Laid mines off Humber and Flamborough Head, April 1917. (2) Laid 18 mines off Humber. Damaged by seaplane. (3) May 1917 laid mines off Isle of Wight and sank ships in Bay of Biscay. (4) Laid mines off Humber and Flamborough Head and sank ships off Lowestoft. (5) July 1917 laid mines off Isle of Wight and sank ships in Bay of Biscay. (6) Laid mines off Isle of Wight and on to Bay of Biscay. (7) & (8) Isle of Wight and Bay of Biscay with several ships sunk. (9) Isle of Wight and Bay of Biscay sinking Europa, Italia, Perseverence and Dinorah.

Folios 85-86: Last Cruise of UC.63. Left Zeebrugge and passed Dover Barrage submerged. Laid mines off the Isle of Wight, proceed to the Bay of Biscay and sank a number of ships. Passed the barrage submerged at night. Torpedoed by HM Submarine E.52 while about 16 miles eastward of barrage. Marsal was rescued by E.52.

Folio 86: Mines were laid mostly at night. Usually passed through the Dover Straits submerged near the English side. Marsal believed that Flanders submarines do not operate north of Flamborough Head. Greatest depth reached was 255 feet while in Bay of Biscay.

Folio 86: Class UC.16-79. Details of armament, torpedo tubes, torpedoes, compass, accommodation and searchlight.

Folio 86: Marsal made two cruises in UC.62: (1) November 1916 in English Channel sinking 10-12 ships. (2) In English Channel laying mines off Boulogne and sinking 4-6 ships.

Folio 87: Flanders Submarine Flotilla under the command of Commander Bartenbach consists of 35 boats, Marsal remembering: UB.10, UB.12, UB.30, UB.35, UB.38, UB.40, UB.54, UB.55, UB.56, UB.57, UC.4, UC.11, UC.16, UC.17, UC.47, UC.48, UC.50, UC.51, UC.62, UC.64, UC.65, UC.69, UC.70, UC.71, UC.75, UC.77 and UC.79. Marsal said the following were lost: UB.6, UB.20, UB.23, UC.1, UC.14, UC.18, UC.21, UC.26, UC.36, UC.46, UC.61, UC.63 and UC.72. On UC.73, three men were undergoing training and after two or three trips they return to Germany to commission a new boat.

Folio 87: Bruges (See Plate 1). Flanders submarines lie mostly in Bruges while resting or undergoing minor repairs. Details given of submarine shelters, mines and torpedoes, floating docks, anti-aircraft guns, headquarters and billeting of crews. Zeebrugge (see Plate 2). Base for destroyers and torpedo boats. Two submarine shelters. Two sheds on pier containing seaplanes. Ostend (see Plate 3). No submarine shelters and one floating dock.

Folio 88: Distantly Controlled Boats. Prisoner had heard of these but none in Flanders.

Folio 99: Discipline of Flanders Flotilla is excellent.

Folio 88: Treatment of German Prisoners in England. Marsal said that there were conflicting reports but were said to be treated well.

Folio 88: A nominal list of most of Officers and Men lost in UC.63, the captain being Lieutenant Von Heydebreck. Plate 1. Plan of Bruges (folio 89). Plate 2. Plan of Zeebrugge (folio 90). Plate 3. Plan of Ostend (folio 91).