Folios 315-321: CB number 01449 O.X.O, Copy number 439, UC.75 Interrogation of Survivors,...

Folios 315-321: CB number 01449 O.X.O, Copy number 439, UC.75 Interrogation of Survivors, June 1918.

Folio 316: Cover sheet, UC.75.

Folio 317: table of contents.

Folios 317-318: Last Cruise of UC.75 (sunk on 31 May 1918). On 22 May 1918 left Bruges without mines and proceeded to Flamborough Head. On 31 May in low visibility surfaced to attack a convoy but was rammed and damaged by the steamer Blaydonian. She was then rammed or bumped by other steamers and the destroyer HMS Fairy. The crew were ordered to abandon the submarine and the captain flooded the tanks to sink her. Fourteen officers and men were rescued by the destroyer which also sank an hour afterwards due damage sustained during the ramming.

Folio 318: Remarks on Survivors of UC.75. The captain, Lieutenant Walter Schmtz had made 13 or 15 previous cruises and taken command of UC.75 in February 1918. Sub-Lieutenant Otto Freiherr von Recum had also joined UC.75 in February 1918. Several of the crew had been on board for over a year.

Folios 318-319: Previous History of UC.75. UC.75 had commissioned in December 1916 and operated in the English Channel, off S.W. Ireland, the Irish Sea and occasionally the East Coast of England. Previously under the command of Lieutenant Lohs, she was one of the most successful submarines in the Flanders Flotilla.

Folio 320: General Details of UC.75. Reference made to description of UC.16-79 in document C.B. 1182 S.

Folio 320: Navigation Apparatus. This device was not fitted.

Folio 320: Flanders Submarine Flotilla Consisting of: UB.10, UB.12, UB.16, UB.30, UB.31, UB.40, UB.57, UB.59, UB.74, UB.78, UB.80, UB.103, UB.107, UB.108, UC.4, UC.11, UC.17, UC.64, UC.70, UC.71, UC.77, UC.78 with several more expected to achieve a strength of about forty. Losses: UB.17, UB.33, UB.58, UB.79, UC.10, UC.57, UC.78, UC.70 and UC.103.

Folio 320: Passage of Dover Straits. Whole passage to be made during darkness with the tide. The mine nets off Belgium coast no longer act as a deterrent. The net barrage from the Goodwins to Dunkirk regarded as innocuous. The existence of a deep minefield is know and to be dangerous to dive in this locality.

Folio 320: Mediterranean Submarine Flotilla. Mention of U.72 and U.73.

Folios 320-321: Rewards and Decorations. Lieutenant Schmitz believes that a graduated scale of tonnage sunk is used to make awards.

Folio 321: Senior German Naval Officers. Information on Rear-Admiral Hugo Langemak, Vice-Admiral Albert Hopman, Captain Madlung and Captain Thilo von Trotha.

Folio 321: Appendix I: Letter from Able Seaman Fritz Leiss to Frau Roschinsky, Barmen dated 1 June 1918.

Folio 322: Appendix II: List of names and ranks of Crew of UC.75.