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Folios 159-169: CB number 01414 O.X.O, Copy number 285, UB.35 Interrogation of Prisoners,...

Catalogue reference: ADM 137/3060/17

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ADM 137/3060/17
Date
1918 Jan
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Folios 159-169: CB number 01414 O.X.O, Copy number 285, UB.35 Interrogation of Prisoners, January 1918.

Folio 160: Cover sheet, UB.35.

Folio 161: Table of Contents.

Folio 161: UB.35 left Bruges on 16 January 1918 and proceeded through the Dover Barrage to the English Channel where she attacked a number of ships. On 25 January she stopped a Greek ship and began transferring her crew. Upon being surprised by patrol boat P.34, UB.35 submerged leaving two of her crew to be rescued and made prisoners. P.34 dropped depth charges but UB.35 escaped. UB.35 was sunk on 26 January with no survivors.

Folios 161-162: UB.35 commissioned in April or May 1916 and made a number of cruises of the North East coast of England. In June 1917 she was transferred to the Flanders Flotilla and made cruises in the English Channel, Bay of Biscay and the East coast of England.

Folio163: List of crew of UB.35.

Folios 163-165: Details of UB. 35: Colour, Keel, Ballast Tanks, Oil Fuel Tanks, Regulator Tanks, Trimming Tanks, Torpedo Compensating Tanks, Compensating Tanks, Fresh Water Tanks, Kingstons and Vents, Net Cutter, Conning-Tower, Periscopes, Armament, Hydroplanes, Steering Gear, Sounding Gear, Navigation and Signal Lights, Sound Signalling Apparatus, Wireless Telegraphy, Air Line, Ventilation, Safety and Salvage Arrangements, Engines, Smoke, Clutches, Batteries, Compressors, Pumps, Lubricating Oil, Navigation Apparatus.

Folio 166: Torpedoes are obtained, ready for running, from the depot at Bruges. Details are provided of different types of torpedo available.

Folio 166: Bombs are provided to sink ships not worth a torpedo. These can also be used to destroy the submarine to avoid capture.

Folio 167: In the Flanders Submarine Flotilla: UB.10, UB.12, UB.16, UB.17, UB.39, UB.31, UB.33, UB.35, UB.38, UB.40, UB.54, UB.55, UB.57, UB.59, UB.80, UC.4, UC.11, UC.17, UC.47, UC.48, UC.53, UC.64, UC.70 and UC.71. List of Submarine Losses in Appendix D. Distantly-controlled boats were converted into 'Submarine Destroyers'. New distantly controlled boats were introduced successfully last year. In Bruges no damage to submarines from aircraft attacks and morale is excellent.

Folio 167-169: Appendices: Translation of Extracts from Note-Book of Torpedo Maschinistenmaat (Engine-Room P.O. 2ND Class) Grabein. Dates of Appointments to Ships etc. 'My Christmas 1917' (folio 168). List of Tonnage Sunk and Record of Torpedo Runs (folio 168). List of Losses in Flanders Submarine Flotilla (folio 169).

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